Regional stratigraphic relations of the Trenton Limestone (Chatfieldian, Ordovician) in the Eastern North American midcontinent

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-115

  Richardson, Jeffery G ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

AMORPHOGNATHUS; BELODINA; CONFLUENS;

EID: 0038673959     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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