Trilobite faunal successions across the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary intervals in Korea and their correlation with China and Australia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 781-793

  Choi, D K ^a   Kim, D H ^a   Sohn, J W ^a   Lee, S B ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Correlation; Ordovician; Stratigraphy; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN BOUNDARY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; KOREA;

EID: 0038032746     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00106-2     Document Type: Article

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