Resolving early Mid-Ordovician (Kundan) bioevents in the East Baltic based on brachiopods

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-542

  Rasmussen, Christian Mac Ørum ^a   Harper, David Alexander Taylor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioevents; Brachiopods; Correlation; Kunda Stage; diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BRACHIOPOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FACIES ANALYSIS; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 48349095431     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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