A refined chronology for the Cambrian succession of southern Britain

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 705-716

  Harvey, Thomas H P ^a,b   Williams, Mark ^a   Condon, Daniel J ^c   Wilby, Philip R ^c   Siveter, David J ^a   Rushton, Adrian W A ^c   Leng, Melanie J ^c   Gabbott, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; CAMBRIANS; DECAY CONSTANTS; ENGLAND; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SHELLY FOSSILS;

ERRORS; LEAD; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS;

CALIBRATION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CAMBRIAN; CHRONOLOGY; CORRELATION; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; TRACER; TRILOBITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ENGLAND; PEMBROKESHIRE; SHROPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ARTHROPODA; METAZOA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 79955731162     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-031     Document Type: Article

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