Upper Cambrian carbonate platform evolution, Elvinia and Taenicephalus Zones (Pterocephaliid-Ptychaspid biomere boundary), northwestern Wyoming

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 926-938

  Saltzman, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; MASS EXTINCTION; ZONATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032708322     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268ABD-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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