Darriwilian graptolites of the Hamburg succession (Dauphin Formation), Pennsylvania, and their geologic significance

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 791-813

  Ganis, G Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TETRAGRAPTUS;

EID: 27344460741     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-010     Document Type: Article

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