Definition of a global boundary stratotype for the Darriwilian Stage of the Ordovician System

Episodes

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 158-166

  Mitchell, C E ^a   Xu, Chen ^b   Bergstrom S M ^c   Yuan Dong, Zhang ^b   Zhi Hao, Wang ^b   Webby, B D ^e   Finney, S C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

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EID: 0031215207     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1997/v20i3/003     Document Type: Article

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