Palaeokarst and its implication for the extinction event at the Frasnian - Famennian boundary (Guilin, South China)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 895-898

  Chen, Daizhao ^a   Tucker, Maurice E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Mass extinction; Palaeokarst; Sea level changes; Upper Devonian

Indexed keywords

FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOKARST; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 8744283654     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-035     Document Type: Article

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