A new high-resolution chitinozoan composite standard for the East Baltic Lower Silurian succession based on numerical analysis

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-332

  Rubel, Madis ^a   Nestor, Viiu ^b   Harris, Mark T ^c   Sheehan, Peter M ^d   Ainsaar, Leho ^a   Männik, Peep ^b   Nõlvak, Jaak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitinozoan timescales; Llandovery; Palaeobaltic basin; Wenlock

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LLANDOVERIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; WENLOCKIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CHITINOZOA;

EID: 33750477970     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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