The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Katian State of the Upper Ordovician Series at Black Knob Ridge, Southeastern Oklahoma, USA

Episodes

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 258-270

  Goldman, Daniel ^a   Leslie, Stephen A ^b   Nõlvak, Jaak ^c   Young, Seth ^d   Bergström, Stig M ^d   Huff, Warren D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; FOSSIL RECORD; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

AMORPHOGNATHUS; CHITINOZOA; PLECTODINA;

EID: 38549116193     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2007/v30i4/002     Document Type: Article

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