The end-Ordovician glaciation and the Hirnantian Stage: A global review and questions about Late Ordovician event stratigraphy

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 269-282

  Delabroye, A ^a   Vecoli, M ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

end Ordovician crisis; event stratigraphy; Glaciation; GSSP; Hirnantian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; HIRNANTIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SILURIAN;

CHINA;

ACRITARCHA; BRACHIOPODA; CHITINOZOA;

EID: 74249116382     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.010     Document Type: Review

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