A revised graptolite biostratigraphy for the lower Caradoc (Upper Ordovician) of southern Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-114

  Williams, Mark ^a,b   Rushton, Adrian W A ^c   Wood, Ben ^a   Floyd, James D ^a   Smith, Richard ^a   Wheatley, Christopher ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARADOCIAN; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CLIMACOGRAPTUS BICORNIS; DIDYMOGRAPTUS; GRAPTOLOIDEA; LEPTOTHECA; NEMAGRAPTUS; NEMAGRAPTUS GRACILIS;

EID: 14844319290     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg40020097     Document Type: Article

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