Late Ordovician environmental changes in Carnic Alps and central Nevada : A comparative study;Changements environmentaux dans les Alpes carniques et le Nevada central au cours de l'Ordovicien terminal : Une étude comparative

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-216

  Berry, William B N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnic Alps; Central Nevada; Glacial interval; Ordovician; Stratigraphic succession

Indexed keywords

INTERGLACIAL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AUSTRIA; CARNIC ALPS; ITALY; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042816305     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/174.3.211     Document Type: Article

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