Early Carboniferous (Late Tournaisian-Early Viséan) ostracods from the Ballagan Formation, central Scotland, UK

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-94

  Williams, Mark ^a,b   Stephenson, Michael ^a   Wilkinson, Ian P ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^a   Miller, C Gilles ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Carboniferous; Ostracods; Palaeoenvironments; Tournaisian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

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

ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; CARBONIFEROUS; CAVELLINA; FORAMINIFERA; GLYPTOPLEURA; OSTRACODA; PARAPARCHITES; SANSABELLA; SULCELLA;

EID: 19644380911     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.24.1.77     Document Type: Article

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