The Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Drumian Stage (Cambrian) in the Drum Mountains, Utah, USA

Episodes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Babcock, Loren E ^a   Robison, Richard A ^b   Rees, Margaret N ^c   Peng, Shanchi ^d   Saltzman, Matthew R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; LIMESTONE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOTYPE; TRANSGRESSION; TRILOBITE;

DRUM MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AGNOSTOIDEA; PTYCHAGNOSTUS ATAVUS; PTYCHAGNOSTUS GIBBUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 34547817665     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2007/v30i2/003     Document Type: Article

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