Methodological advances in the use of faunal gradient analysis for regional high-resolution correlation in the type Cincinnatian Series (Upper Ordovician)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 235-248

  Webber, Andrew J ^a  

^a Miami University Hamilton   (United States)

Author keywords

Cincinnatian; Correlation; Fairview formation; Faunal assemblages; Kope formation; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CINCINNATIA;

EID: 3342913127     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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