The Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Middle Ordovician Series and the Third Stage (Dapingian)

Episodes

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-113

  Xiaofeng, Wang ^a   Stouge, Svend ^b   Xiaohong, Chen ^a   Zhihong, Li ^a   Chuanshang, Wang ^a   Finney, Stan C ^c   Qingluan, Zeng ^a   Zhiqiang, Zhou ^d   Huiming, Chen ^a   Erdtmann, Bernd D ^e  

^a Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATOTYPE; SUCCESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; YICHANG;

AZYGOGRAPTUS SUECICUS; BALTONIODUS; BALTONIODUS TRIANGULARIS; BELONECHITINA; CHITINOZOA; FLABELLUM;

EID: 70349931449     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2009/v32i2/003     Document Type: Article

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