Ordovician reef systems and settings in South China before the Late Ordovician mass extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 235-254

  Li, Yue ^a,c   Kershaw, Steve ^b   Mu, Xinan ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ordovician; Palaeogeography; Reef evolution; Reefs; South China

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; REEF;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; GASTROPODA; HIRNANTIA; LITHISTIDA; NAUTILIDA; NAUTILOIDEA; STROMATOPOROIDA; STROMATOPOROIDEA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 1842485892     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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