Correlation of Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and Lower Permian (Cisuralian) marine deposits of the Peri-Tethys

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 39-57

  Davydov, Vladimir I ^a,b   Leven, Ernst Ja ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TETHYS;

(CENTRAL); ASIA; CAUCASUS; DONETS BASIN; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

FUSULINIDA;

EID: 0038379314     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00312-2     Document Type: Article

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