Ordovician trilobite faunas and depositional history of the taebaeksan basin, Korea: Implications for palaeogeography

Alcheringa

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-68

  Choi, D K ^a   Kim, D H ^a   Sohn, J W ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Ordovician; Palaeogeography; Trilobita

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

KOREA;

APATOKEPHALUS; ASAPHELLUS; ASAPHOPSOIDES; CHOSENIA; DIKELOKEPHALINA; HYSTRICURUS; JUJUYASPIS; KAYSERASPIS; KORAIPSIS; LEIOSTEGIUM; PROTOPLIOMEROPS; SHUMARDIA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBIUM; YOSIMURASPIS;

EID: 0035162028     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510108619213     Document Type: Article

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