The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Hirnantian Stage (the uppermost of the Ordovician System)

Episodes

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-196

  Chen, Xu ^a   Rong, Jiayu ^a   Fan, Junxuan ^a   Zhan, Renbin ^a   Mitchell, Charles E ^b   Harper, David A T ^c   Melchin, Michael J ^d   Peng, Ping'an ^e   Finney, Stan C ^f   Wang, Xiaofeng ^g  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; YICHANG;

DALMANITINA; NORMALOGRAPTUS EXTRAORDINARIUS; NORMALOGRAPTUS OJSUENSIS;

EID: 33750310950     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2006/v29i3/004     Document Type: Article

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