The role of stratotypes in stratigraphy. Part 3. The Wood Commitee, the Berkeley school of North American mammalian stratigraphic paleontology, and the status of provincial golden spikes

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 75-101

  Walsh, Stephen L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age Stage; Aurichronologic unit; Biochronologic unit; Biostratigraphic unit; Golden spike; Land mammal ages; Nominal stratotype

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOUNDARY DELIMITATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOTYPE; TYPE SECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 16244366817     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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