Biostratigraphical calibration of third order Ordovician sequences on the northern Gondwana platform

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 359-375

  Videt, Blaise ^a   Paris, Florentin ^a   Rubino, Jean Loup ^b   Boumendjel, Kheira ^c   Dabard, Marie Pierre ^a   Loi, Alfredo ^d   Ghienne, Jean François ^e   Marante, Adrien ^b   Gorini, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Chitinozoan biostratigraphy; Northern Gondwana; Ordovician; Sea level change; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CALIBRATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ALGERIA; FRANCE; MOROCCO; SAHARA;

CHITINOZOA;

EID: 77956929103     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.050     Document Type: Article

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