GSSPs, global stratigraphy and correlation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-67

  Smith, Alan G ^a   Barry, Tiffany ^b   Bown, Paul ^c   Cope, John ^d   Gale, Andy ^e   Gibbard, Philip ^a   Gregory, John ^f   Hounslow, Mark ^g   Kemp, David ^c   Knox, Robert ^h   Marshall, John ⁱ   Oates, Michael ^j   Rawson, Peter ^k   Powell, John ^l   Waters, Colin ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f PetroStrat Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h University of Southampton ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^l BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORE ANALYSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC; PRECISION; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATOTYPE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84949127611     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP404.8     Document Type: Article

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