Devonian ecological-evolutionary subunits in the Appalachian Basin: A revision and a test of persistence and discreteness

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 314, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-36

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   Ivany, L C ^b   Bartholomew, A J ^c   Desantis, M K ^a   Baird, G C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 70349115694     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP314.2     Document Type: Article

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