Diversity history of Ordovician graptolites and its relationship with environmental change

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-171

  Zhang, YuanDong ^a   Chen, Xu ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep water origin; Diversity; Graptolite; Ordovician; Sea level change; South China

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIODIVERSIFICATION; SEA-LEVEL CHANGE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOLATITUDE; PLANKTON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGNAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 38549124978     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0148-z     Document Type: Article

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