Frequency patterns of chitinozoans, scolecodonts, and conodonts in the upper Llandovery and lower Wenlock of the Paatsalu core, western Estonia

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-155

  Hints, Olle ^a   Killing, Mairy ^a   Männik, Peep ^a   Nestor, Viiu ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Chitinozoans; Conodonts; Diversity; Estonia; Frequency patterns; Microfossil dynamics; Scolecodonts; Silurian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONODONT; LLANDOVERIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WENLOCKIAN;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745590888     PISSN: 14060132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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