Biostratigraphic control of the latest-Ordovician glaciogenic unconformity in Alnif (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco), based on brachiopods

Geobios

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 727-737

  Villas, Enrique ^a   Vizcaïno, Daniel ^b   Álvaro, José Javier ^a   Destombes, Jacques ^b   Vennin, Emmanuelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Sciences Gabriel ^*  (France)

^c Centre des Sciences de la Terre   (France)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Brachiopods; Glaciation; Late Ordovician; Morocco; Northern Gondwana

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL; GLACIATION; ORDOVICIAN;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

BRACHIOPODA; ECHINODERMATA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33751074146     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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