A proposed GSSP for the base of the Middle Ordovician Series: The Huanghuachang section, Yichang, China

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Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-117

  Wang, Xiaofeng ^a   Stouge, Svend ^b   Erdtmann, Bernd D ^c   Chen, Xiaohong ^a   Li, Zhihong ^a   Wang, Chuanshang ^a   Zeng, Qingluan ^a   Zhou, Zhiqiang ^d   Chen, Huiming ^a  

^a Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WORLD; YICHANG;

AZYGOGRAPTUS SUECICUS; BALTONIODUS; BALTONIODUS TRIANGULARIS; BELONECHITINA; CHITINOZOA; FLABELLUM;

EID: 22744431620     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2005/v28i2/004     Document Type: Article

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