Evaluation of the Salinic I tectonic, Cancañiri glacial and Ireviken biotic events: Biochemostratigraphy of the Lower Siluriansuccession in the Niagara Gorge area, Canada and U.S.A.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-213

  Brand, Uwe ^a   Azmy, Karem ^b   Veizer, Jan ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachian Basin, Niagara Gorge; Canca iri glacial event; Carbon, oxygen strontium isotopes; Ireviken biotic event excursion; Llandovery Wenlock; Salinic I tectonic event

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BRACHIOPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; LLANDOVERIAN; MARINE RECORD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WENLOCKIAN;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NIAGARA GORGE; NORTH AMERICA;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 33750149760     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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