High palaeolatitude (Hodh, Mauritania) recovery of graptolite faunas after the Hirnantian (end Ordovician) extinction event

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 91-105

  Underwood, Charlie J ^a   Deynoux, Max ^b   Ghienne, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Graptolites; Ordovician; Radiation; Silurian; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

MAURITANIA;

EID: 0032532830     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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