Quantitative conodont-based approaches for correlation of the Late Devonian Kellwasser anoxic events

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 114-125

  Girard, Catherine ^a   Renaud, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

conodonts; Fourier analysis; Frasnian Famennian boundary; Kellwasser; mass extinction; morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; CONODONT; DEVONIAN; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; GONDWANA; MASS EXTINCTION; MORPHOMETRY; OXIC SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ICRIODUS; PALMATOLEPIS;

EID: 34249291916     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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