The Ordovician System: From overlapping unit stratotypes to Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points
For nearly a century the Ordovician System was hidden as Murchison and Sedgwick tussled over the overlapping ground between their Silurian and Cambrian systems. The Ordovician is, in fact, one of the longest of the geological periods, characterised by major magmatic and plate tectonic activity; the...
Main Authors: | David A. T. Harper, Tõnu Meidla, Thomas Servais |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Estonian Academy Publishers
2023-06-01
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Series: | Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/earth-1-2023-131_20230611090516.pdf |
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