Problems in chronostratigraphy: Stages, series, unit and boundary stratotypes, global stratotype section and point and tarnished golden spikes

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 99-148

  Aubry, Marie Pierre ^a   Berggren, William A ^b   Van Couvering, John A ^c   Steininger, Fritz ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Micropress   (United States)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary stratotype; Chronostratigraphy; GSSP; Series; Stage

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0032705289     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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