Carbon isotope stratigraphy across the Silurian-Devonian transition in Zoige (West Qinling), China

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-45

  Zhao, Wen Jin ^a   Herten, Ulrich ^b   Zhu, Min ^a   Mann, Ulrich ^b   Lücke, Andreas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Chemostratigraphy; China; Palaeontology; Silurian devonian boundary; West qinling

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; BOREHOLE; BRACHIOPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SILURIAN; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; SICHUAN; ZOIGE;

ICRIODUS WOSCHMIDTI; LANCEOMYONIA;

EID: 77958528396     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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