Continuing progress on chronostratigraphic subdivision of the Cambrian system

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-396

  Peng, Shanchk ^a   Babcock, Lorn E ^b,c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 80053364041     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1273     Document Type: Article

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