Significance of Middle Cambrian mixed carbonate-siliciclastic units for global correlation: southern Nevada, USA

Palaeoworld

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 360-366

  Howley, Robyn A ^a   Rees, Margaret N ^a   Jiang, Ganqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian; GSSP; Laurentia; Nevada; Stratigraphy; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; MARKER BED; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRILOBITE;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PTYCHAGNOSTUS ATAVUS; PTYCHAGNOSTUS GIBBUS;

EID: 33751526472     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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