Scottish Ordovician ostracodes: A review of their palaeoenvironmental, biostratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical significance

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 499-508

  Williams, Mark ^a   Floyd, James D ^a   Miller, C Giles ^b   Siveter, David J ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; palaeobiogeography; palaeoenvironments; Scotland

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 0034893168     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300008348     Document Type: Article

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