Reef reconstruction after extinction events of the latest Ordovician in the Yangtze Platform, South China

Facies

Volumn , Issue 48, 2003, Pages 269-284

  Li, Yue ^a   Kershaw, Steve ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Llandovery Silurian; Mass extinction; Reef recovery; South China; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; RECOVERY; REEF FORMATION;

CHINA;

ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; DICELLOGRAPTUS; HIRNANTIA; INVERTEBRATA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 0037930763     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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