Middle and Upper Ordovician carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in Baltoscandia: A correlation standard and clues to environmental history

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 189-201

  Ainsaar, L ^a   Kaljo, D ^b   Martma, T ^b   Meidla, T ^a   Mannik P ^b   Nolvak J ^b   Tinn, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltoscandia; Carbon isotopes; Chemostratigraphy; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CYCLE; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; NOMENCLATURE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESERVATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ESTONIA; LATVIA; SWEDEN;

CHITINOZOA;

EID: 77949328937     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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