Upper Ordovician (Sandbian–Katian) graptolite and conodont zonation in the Yangtze region, China

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-134

  xu, Chen ^a   Bergström, Stig M ^b   Yuandong, Zhang ^a   Goldman, Dan ^c   Qing, Chen ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; conodonts; graptolites; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555210501     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691010009199     Document Type: Article

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