Comments on the GSSP for the basal Emsian stage boundary: The need for its redefinition

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-390

  Carls, Peter ^a   Slavik, Ladislav ^b   Valenzuela Ríos, José I ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; GSSP redefinition; Inter regional correlation; Pragian Emsian GSSP

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEVONIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

PRAGIA;

EID: 60849105676     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.2008.04.383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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