Interrogation of distributional data for the End Ordovician crisis interval: Where did disaster strike?

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 478-500

  Rasmussen, Christian M Ø ^a   Harper, David A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

, and diversity; Brachiopods; End Ordovician crisis; GIS

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; BRACHIOPOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GIS; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; SHALLOW WATER; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

BRACHIOPODA; RHYNCHONELLIFORMEA;

EID: 80052092618     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1310     Document Type: Article

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