Hirnantian (latest Ordovician) δ13C chemostratigraphy in southern Sweden and globally: a refined integration with the graptolite and conodont zone successions

GFF

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 355-386

  Bergström, Stig M ^a   Eriksson, Mats E ^b   Young, Seth A ^c   Ahlberg, Per ^b   Schmitz, Birger ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chemostratigraphy; graptolite and conodont biostratigraphy; Hirnantian; Sweden; uppermost Ordovician

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; EVOLUTION; GRAPTOLITE; HIRNANTIAN; ORDOVICIAN; SHALE; SILURIAN; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; KINNEKULLE; NORTH AMERICA; SKANE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VASTRA GOTALAND;

LEONASPIS; ROSTANGA;

EID: 84901206020     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2013.851734     Document Type: Article

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