New group of the Early Palaeozoic conodont-like fossils by Hubert Szaniawski

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Review and palaeoecological analysis of the late Tremadocian – early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopod fauna of the Montagne Noire, France by B. Kröger, D. H. Evans

“…The Early Ordovician successions of the southern Montagne Noire consist of a thick sequence of predominantly siliciclastic sediments of which the late Tremadocian St. …”
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Late Ordovician (Sandbian–Hirnantian) marine gastropods from the Argentine Precordillera: their biogeographical significance in a middle to high latitudinal setting by Mariel Ferrari, Verónica Bertero, Marcelo G. Carrera

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A revised Ordovician age for the Sisargas orthogneiss, Galicia (Spain). Zircon U-Pb ion-microprobe and LA-ICPMS dating by C. TALAVERA, F. BEA, P. GONZÁLEZ MONTERO, M.J. WHITEHOUSE

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Short communication: Resolving the discrepancy between U–Pb age estimates for the “Likhall” bed, a key level in the Ordovician timescale by A. N. Paul, A. Lindskog, U. Schaltegger

“…This age is intermediate between previous estimates but outside of analytical uncertainty, and it provides a firm tie point for the Ordovician timescale.</p>…”
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Significance and formation mechanism of abnormally pressured compartments of shale gas in the Ordovician Wufeng-Silurian Longmaxi formations, southeastern Sichuan Basin by Weixin LIU, Longfei LU, Deliao YE, Chencheng HE, Wangwei LIU, Lingjie YU, Wentao ZHANG, Baojian SHEN

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Analysis of Seismic Damage Zones: A Case Study of the Ordovician Formation in the Shunbei 5 Fault Zone, Tarim Basin, China by Zhan Zhao, Jingtao Liu, Wenlong Ding, Ruiqiang Yang, Gang Zhao

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The Upper Ordovician reef Bol’shaya Kos’yu, Ilych River, the Northern Urals (structure, paleobiocenosis, microfacies, model of formation) by L. A. Shmeleva

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Geochemistry of siltstones in the North Qilian Zhongbao–Mayinggou formations (Late Ordovician–Early Silurian): implications for paleoclimate, paleoweathering, and tectonic setting by Yu Xia, Yu Xia, Yu Xia, Qian Hou, Qian Hou, Chuanlong Mou, Chuanlong Mou, Chuanlong Mou

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Using 3-D mapping to understand an Upper Ordovician buildup and facies complex in the upper Lexington Limestone, central Kentucky, USA by Sean Davis, Frank R. Ettensohn, William M. Andrews, Gustavo Martins

Subjects: “…upper ordovician…”
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Hierarchical Modeling of Carbonate Fault-Controlled Paleokarst Systems: A Case Study of the Ordovician Reservoir in the Tahe Oilfield, Tarim Basin by Wenbiao Zhang, Wenbiao Zhang, Zhiliang He, Zhiliang He, Taizhong Duan, Meng Li, Huawei Zhao

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Latest Ordovician–early Silurian palaeoenvironmental changes and palaeotemperature trends indicated by stable carbon and oxygen isotopes from northern Estonia by Bilal Gul, Leho Ainsaar, Tõnu Meidla

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Palynology of the Iscayachi Formation (Cambro-Ordovician) from the Cordillera Oriental of Southern Bolivia: New data from the western margin of Gondwana by M.M. VERGEL, Guillermo F. Aceñolaza, L. ARÁOZ

“…The sampled material comes from the Cambro-Ordovician Iscayachi Formation cropping out in the Antenna of the Sierra de Sama, Tarija department, southern Bolivia. …”
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Pore characterization of Upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation and Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation shale gas reservoirs, Sichuan Basin, China by Chengfu Lyu, Ying Zhang, Chao Li, Guojun Chen, Qianshan Zhou, Ming Ma, Zhaotong Sun, Xue Gao

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Prevention of Water Inrushes in Deep Coal Mining over the Ordovician Aquifer: A Case Study in the Wutongzhuang Coal Mine of China by Huichao Yin, Bin Xu, Shangxian Yin, Wuzi Tian, Hui Yao, Haopeng Meng

“…This ternary structure is the Ordovician limestone aquifer-aquiclude including thin limestones-coal seam. …”
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Hybridization between I-type and S-type granites in the ordovician famatinian magmatic arc, Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, NW Argentina by J.P. LÓPEZ, L.I. BELLOS, J. DÍAZ-ALVARADO, A. CASTRO

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Reconstructing large‐scale karst paleogeomorphology at the top of the Ordovician in the Ordos Basin, China: Control on natural gas accumulation and paleogeographic implications by Di Xiao, Xiucheng Tan, Liyong Fan, Daofeng Zhang, Wancai Nie, Tong Niu, Jian Cao

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Organic Matter Enrichment of Black Shale at the Turn of Ordovician-Silurian in the Paleosedimentary Center in Southern Sichuan Basin, Upper Yangtze Area by Yue Cui, Xizhe Li, Lingling Han, Wei Guo, Wei Lin, Rui Chang, Weijun Shen, Yize Huang, Chao Qian

“… AbstractHerein, integrated vertical variation characteristic analysis was conducted by measuring total organic carbon (TOC), major and trace elements in Upper Ordovician-Lower Silurian (Wufeng-Longmaxi formations) black shale in Weiyuan, Luzhou, and Changning areas, southern Sichuan Basin to clarify the control of organic matter (OM) enrichment in different sublayers. …”
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The Effect of Diagenetic Modifications on Porosity Development in the Upper Ordovician to Lower Silurian Wufeng and Longmaxi Formations, Southeast Sichuan Basin, China by Tian Dong, Zhiliang He, Kun Hu, Jian Gao, Shuangjian Li, Chuan Wang

“…For clarifying this issue, this paper focuses on the Upper Ordovician to Lower Silurian Wufeng and Longmaxi shales, which are the only commercially gas-produced shale plays in China. …”
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Paleogeomorphology and shale distribution of Late Ordovician-Early Silurian Yangtze platform, South China: Implication for shale mineralogy and TOC content by Zhensheng Shi, Yuan Yuan, Qun Zhao, Shasha Sun, Tianqi Zhou, Feng Cheng

“…The distribution and mineral composition of the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale on the Yangtze platform are directly influenced by the geomorphology of the Late Ordovician-Early Silurian period. This research aimed to clarify the geomorphology of the Yangtze platform during this time period and its implication on the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale. …”
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