Latest Llanvirn to early Caradoc trilobite biofacies of the north-western marginal area of the yangtze block, CHINA

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-291

  Zhiyi, Zhou ^a   Zhiqiang, Zhou ^b   Siveter, Derek J ^c   Wenwei, Yuan ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofacies; Caradoc; China; Llanvirn; Trilobite; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947155541     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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