Global carbon isotopic events associated with mass extinction and glaciation in the late Ordovician

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 195-210

  Marshall, James D ^a   Brenchley, Patrick J ^a   Mason, Paul ^a   Wolff, George A ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^b   Hints, Linda ^c   Meidla, Tõnu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Isotope stratigraphy; Late Ordovician; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIATION; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BRACHIOPODA; HIRNANTIA;

EID: 0030799725     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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