Fine-scale biostratigraphy within the Stimulograptus sedgwickii Zone (Silurian: Llandovery) at Dob's Linn, Southern Uplands

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-64

  Pannell, Claire L ^a,b   Clarkson, Euan N K ^c   Zalasiewicz, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; LLANDOVERIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

DOBS LINN; DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN UPLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA; STIMULOGRAPTUS SEDGWICKII;

EID: 33744778141     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg42010059     Document Type: Article

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