Lower Silurian (Aeronian) megafaunal and conodont biofacies of the northwestern Michigan Basin

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 753-764

  Watkins, Rodney ^a   Kuglitsch, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; CONODONT; MEGAFAUNA; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SILURIAN;

CANADA, ONTARIO, MICHIGAN BASIN; USA, MICHIGAN BASIN;

EID: 0030810326     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-062     Document Type: Article

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