Platinum group element enrichments and possible chondritic Ru:Ir across the Frasnian-Famennian boundary, western New York State

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 399-410

  Over, D J ^a   Conaway, C A ^a   Katz, D J ^a   Goodfellow, W D ^b   Gregoire, D C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Frasnian Famennian; Hanover Shale; Iridium; Mass extinction; Platinum Group elements; Upper Devonian

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RUBIDIUM;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PGE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; INVERTEBRATE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; IRIDIUM; METEOROIDS; NEW YORK; PALEONTOLOGY; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RUBIDIUM;

USA, NEW YORK;

ANIMALIA; ENTOVALVA; INVERTEBRATA; PALMATOLEPIS; PALMATOLEPIS TRIANGULARIS;

EID: 0030766105     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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