The Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction: Insights from high-resolution sequence stratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy in South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-111

  Chen, Daizhao ^a   Tucker, Maurice E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclostratigraphy; Eustasy and eutrophication; Frasnian Famennian event; Late Devonian; Mass extinction; Orbital forcing; Sequence stratigraphy; South China

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; EUSTACY; EUTROPHICATION; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

(SOUTH); CHINA;

BRACHIOPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENTOVALVA; GASTROPODA; TENTACULITIDA;

EID: 0037377383     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00716-2     Document Type: Article

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