Carbon isotope (δ13C) stratigraphy across the Silurian-Devonian transition in North America: Evidence for a perturbation of the global carbon cycle

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 83-100

  Saltzman, Matthew R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Conodont; Graptolite; Sea level; Silurian Devonian boundary

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEVONIAN; GRAPTOLITE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILURIAN;

UNITED STATES;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0036830320     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00510-2     Document Type: Article

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