Ecostratigraphy, zonation and global correlation of earliest Ordovician planktic graptolites

Lethaia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Cooper, Roger A ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biofacies; Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Biotopes; Correlation; Depth habitat; Ecostratigraphy; Eustatic events; Evolution; Graptolite chronozones; Paleo oceanography; Paleoecology; Paleolatitude

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; ZONATION;

GRAPTOLOIDEA;

EID: 0033102284     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00576.x     Document Type: Article

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