Revision of the position of the ordovician-silurian boundary in southern ontario: Regional chronostratigraphic implications of δ13C chemostratigraphy of the manitoulin formation and associated strata

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1447-1470

  Bergström, Stig M ^a   Kleffner, Mark ^b   Schmitz, Birger ^c   Cramer, Bradley D ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE VALUES; C-CURVES; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; LARGE PARTS; NEW RESULTS; NORTH AMERICAN; ONTARIO; ORDOVICIAN;

ISOTOPES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DRILLING; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; SILURIAN;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 80055076660     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e11-039     Document Type: Article

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