Late Ordovician mass extinction: A new perspective from stratigraphic sections in central Nevada

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-218

  Finney, Stanley C ^a   Berry, William B N ^b   Cooper, John D ^c   Ripperdan, Robert L ^d   Sweet, Walter C ^e   Jacobson, Stephen R ^e   Soufiane, Azzedine ^f   Achab, Aicha ^f   Noble, Paula J ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Ctr Geoscientifique de Quebec   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

FAUNAL TURNOVER; GRAPTOLITES; LATE ORDOVICIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON 13; GLACIATION; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879882354     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0215:LOMEAN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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