Facies transition and biostratigraphic correlation of the Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian in West Bulgaria

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-418

  Boncheva, Iliana ^a   Sachanski, Valeri ^a   Lakova, Iskra ^a   Yaneva, Marlena ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Conodonts; Facies transition; Graptolites; Lower devonian; Upper silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; FACIES; FAUNA; GRAPTOLITE; LIMESTONE; PETROGRAPHY; SHELF SEDIMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SILURIAN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PRAGIA;

EID: 38949167083     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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