The regional stratotype section and point for the base of the Hirnantian stage (the uppermost Ordovician) at Mirny Creek, Omulev Mountains, Northeast Russia

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Koren, Tatyana N ^a   Sobolevskaya, Rimma F ^b  

^a A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Graptolites; Hirnantian; NE Russia; Regional stratotype

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; BRACHIOPOD; GRAPTOLITE; LIMESTONE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILTSTONE; SILURIAN; STRATOTYPE; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; BURYATIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; NORTH AMERICA; OMULEV MOUNTAINS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WEST ASIA;

BRACHIOPODA; NORMALOGRAPTUS EXTRAORDINARIUS;

EID: 41449083756     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2008.1.01     Document Type: Article

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