The early Rhuddanian survival interval in the Lower Silurian of the Oslo Region: A third pulse of the end-Ordovician extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 395, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-41

  Baarli, Gudveig B ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; End Ordovician extinction; Isorthis prima; Lilliputian fauna; Oslo Region; Survival interval

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BENTHOS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; DEEP SEA; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LITHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOLOGY; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

AKERSHUS; ASKER; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 84892164852     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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