Paleontology and microfacies of the Serpukhovian in the Verkhnyaya Kardailovka section, South Urals, Russia: Potential candidate for the Viséan-Serpukhovian boundary

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-193

  Nikolaeva, S V ^a   Kulagina, E I ^b   Pazukhin, V N ^b   Kochetova, N N ^b   Konovalova, V A ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Caboniferous; GSSP; Serpukhovian; Stratigraphy; Verkhnyaya Kardialovka; Vis an

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; FOSSIL RECORD; LITHOLOGY; MARKER BED; MICROFACIES; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEONTOLOGY; SERPUKHOVIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VISEAN;

EURASIA; MOSCOW BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URAL RIVER;

AMMONOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; LOCHRIEA; MILLERELLA TORTULA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 65749103681     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2009/0043-0165     Document Type: Article

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