End Ordovician extinctions: A coincidence of causes

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1294-1307

  Harper, David A T ^a,b   Hammarlund, Emma U ^c   Rasmussen, Christian M Ø ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

End Ordovician; Extinction; Hirnantian; Isotopes; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; EXTINCTION; GRAPTOLITE; METAZOAN; ORDOVICIAN;

EID: 84896396679     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.021     Document Type: Review

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