The middle Darriwilian (Ordovician) δ13C excursion (MDICE) discovered in the Yangtze Platform succession in China: Implications of its first recorded occurrences outside Baltoscandia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-259

  Schmitz, Birger ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^b   Xiaofeng, Wang ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LIMESTONE; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA; ESTONIA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 77649121148     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-080     Document Type: Article

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