Global stratotype section and point for base of the Ordovician system

Episodes

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-28

  Cooper, Roger A ^a   Nowlan, Godfrey S ^b   Williams, S Henry ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 0035630931     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2001/v24i1/005     Document Type: Article

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