Faunal composition and dynamics in unconsolidated sediments: A case study from the Middle Ordovician of the East Baltic

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Tolmacheva, T ^a   Egerquist, E ^a   Meidla, T ^b   Tinn, O ^b   Holmer, L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltoscandia; Brachiopoda; Conodonta; Diversity; Ordovician; Ostracoda

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

BALTOSCANDIA; BRACHIOPODA; CONODONTA; DIVERSITY; ORDOVICIAN; OSTRACODA;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; ORDOVICIAN; OSTRACODE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ST. PETERSBURG;

BRACHIOPODA; CONODONTA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0037234931     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680200701X     Document Type: Article

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