Global Stratotype Section and Point for base of the Sinemurian stage (Lower Jurassic)

Episodes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-28

  Bloos, Gert ^a   Page, Kevin N ^b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; SINEMURIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATOTYPE; TYPE SECTION;

EAST QUANTOXHEAD; ENGLAND (SOMERSET); UNITED KINGDOM;

METOPHIOCERAS;

EID: 0035996701     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2002/v25i1/003     Document Type: Article

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