Late Ordovician sedimentary environments, glacial cycles, and post-glacial transgression in the Taoudeni Basin, West Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 117-145

  Ghienne, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Gondwana; Mauritania; Ordovician; Silurian; West Africa

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SILURIAN; TRANSGRESSION;

AFRICA;

HIRNANTIA;

EID: 0037428048     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00635-1     Document Type: Article

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