The silurian period

The Geologic Time Scale 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 525-558

  Melchin, Michael J ^a   Sadler, Peter M ^b   Cramer, Bradley D ^c   Cooper, Roger A ^d   Gradstein, Felix M ^e   Hammer, Øyvind ^e  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59425-9.00021-4     Document Type: Chapter

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