First documentation of the Ordovician Guttenberg δ13C excursion (GICE) in Asia: Chemostratigraphy of the Pagoda and Yanwashan formations in southeastern China

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Bergström, Stig M ^a   Chen, Xu ^b   Schmitz, Birger ^c   Young, Seth ^a   Rong, Jia Yu ^b   Saltzman, Matthew R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Conodonts; GICE; Guttenberg carbon isotope excursion; Pagoda Formation; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

TOWERS;

CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; CHINA; CONODONTS; GICE; ORDOVICIAN; PAGODA FORMATION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 74249106158     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005748     Document Type: Review

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