High-resolution isotope stratigraphy of the lower ordovician St. George group of western Newfoundland, Canada: Implications for global correlation

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 403-423

  Azmy, Karem ^a   Lavoie, Denis ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GLOBAL CORRELATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW RESOLUTION; MICROSAMPLES; NEGATIVE SHIFT; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; ORDOVICIAN; SEALEVEL CHANGE; THIN SHALE;

EXTRACTION; ISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORRELATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICRITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORDOVICIAN; OUTCROP; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PRESERVATION; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW WATER; SITE INVESTIGATION; UNCONFORMITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BALTIC REGION; CANADA; EURASIA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349200664     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-032     Document Type: Article

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