Faunal dynamics across the silurian-devonian positive isotope excursions (δ13C, δ18O) in Podolia, Ukraine: Comparative analysis of the ireviken and klonk events

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 795-832

  Racki, Grzegorz ^a,b   Baliński, Andrzej ^a   Wrona, Ryszard ^a   Małkowski, Krzysztof ^a   Drygant, Daniel ^c   Szaniawski, Hubert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; carbon isotopes; Chitinozoa; Conodonta; faunal dynamics; geochemistry; Ireviken Event; Klonk Event; oxygen isotopes; Podolia; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BRACHIOPOD; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHITIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONODONT; DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; EUSTACY; FAUNA; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SILURIAN;

PODOLIA; UKRAINE;

BRACHIOPODA; CHITINOZOA; CONODONTA;

EID: 84871598805     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0206     Document Type: Article

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