A pre-Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) interval of global cooling - The Boda event re-assessed

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 449-460

  Cherns, Lesley ^a   Wheeley, James R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Baltica; Cool water carbonates; Gondwana; Late Ordovician; Mud mounds

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; BALTICA; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; EUSTACY; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GONDWANA; MUD MOUND; ORDOVICIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA;

EID: 34447281985     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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