Integrated biostratigraphy of the lower Silurian of the Aizpute-41 core, Latvia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-229

  Loydell, D K ^a   Mannik P ^b   Nestor, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Chitinozoa; Conodonta; Graptolites; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOZONES; CHITINOZOA; CONODONTA; GRAPTOLITES; SILURIAN;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

LATVIA;

CHITINOZOA; CONODONTA; GRAPTOLITHINA;

EID: 0037594072     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756802007264     Document Type: Article

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