Late Ordovician (Turinian-Chatfieldian) carbon isotope excursions and their stratigraphic and paleoceanographic significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 187-214

  Ludvigson, Greg A ^a,b,c   Witzke, Brian J ^a,b   González, Luis A ^e   Carpenter, Scott J ^b,c   Schneider, Chris L ^d   Hasiuk, Franciszek ^b  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Chemostratigraphy; Ordovician; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 3342961719     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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