First record of the Ordovician Guttenberg δ13C excursion (GICE) in New York State and Ontario: Local and regional chronostratigraphic implications

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 276-298

  Barta, Nathanael C ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^a   Saltzman, Matthew R ^a   Schmitz, Birger ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C excursion; Balsamian Substage; Conodont biostratigraphy; GICE; New York Ontario; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; NEW RECORD; ORDOVICIAN;

CANADA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

BALSAMIA;

EID: 37549032230     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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