Paleobiogeography, high-resolution stratigraphy, and the future of Paleozoic biostratigraphy: Fine-scale diachroneity of the Wenlock (Silurian) conodont Kockelella walliseri

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 232-241

  Cramer, Bradley D ^a   Kleffner, Mark A ^b   Brett, Carlton E ^c   McLaughlin, Patrick I ^d   Jeppsson, Lennart ^e   Munnecke, Axel ^f   Samtleben, Christian ^g  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Chronostratigraphy; Conodont zonation; Ireviken Event; Paleobiogeography; Sequence stratigraphy; Silurian; Wenlock

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CONODONT; LAURENTIA; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; WENLOCKIAN;

RUSSIAN PLATFORM;

KOCKELELLA;

EID: 77955278258     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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