Marine sedimentary response to the great ordovician biodiversification event: Examples from North China and South China

Paleontological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-21

  Liu, Jianbo ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversification; Bioturbation; Flat pebble conglomerate; Microbial sediment; Ordovician; Sedimentary system

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTURBATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONGLOMERATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORDOVICIAN; PEBBLE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 77749302108     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144-13.1.009     Document Type: Article

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