Chronostratigraphic correlations: Their importance for the definition of geochronologic units

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Remane, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Biostratigraphy; Boundary stratotypes (GSSP); Chronostratigraphic markers; Chronostratigraphy; Historical stratotypes; International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS); International Stratigraphic Chart; Stage concept; Unit stratotypes

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATOTYPE;

EID: 0037703384     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00310-9     Document Type: Article

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