A chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician and lower Silurian strata of the Girvan area, Midland Valley, Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-134

  Vandenbroucke, Thijs ^a   Verniers, Jacques ^a   Clarkson, Euan N K ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ashgill; Caradoc; Chitinozoans; Laurentia; Llandovery; Wenlock

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LAURENTIA; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN; TAXONOMY;

MIDLAND VALLEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHITINOZOA;

EID: 0038304611     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300000365     Document Type: Article

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