The Middle Caradoc Facies and Faunal Turnover in the Late Ordovician Baltoscandian palaeobasin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 119-133

  Ainsaar, Leho ^a   Meidla, Tõnu ^a   Martma, Tõnu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltica; Estonia; Faunal change; Late Ordovician; Sedimentology; Stable carbon isotopes; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CARADOCIAN; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TURNOVER;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

HIATUS;

EID: 3342944400     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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