Correlation for the Lower Palaeozoic

The global correlation standards now agreed for the Ordovician and Silurian systems, and partly so for the Cambrian System, are summarized. Correlation of the international series and stages with the traditional and revised British series and stages is reviewed, as well as with those in North Americ...

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Published in:Geological magazine 2010-03, Vol.147 (2), p.171-180
Main Authors: COCKS, L. ROBIN M., FORTEY, RICHARD A., RUSHTON, ADRIAN W. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agnostida
Arthropoda
assemblages
biostratigraphy
biozones
Brachiopoda
British Isles
Cambrian
chronostratigraphy
correlation
Europe
fossils
Geological time
Graptolithina
Graptoloidea
Great Britain
Invertebrata
Laurentia
lower Paleozoic
nomenclature
North America
Ordovician
paleogeography
Paleozoic
sedimentary rocks
Silurian
stratigraphic boundary
stratigraphic units
Stratigraphy
Trilobita
Trilobitomorpha
United Kingdom
Western Europe
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Summary:The global correlation standards now agreed for the Ordovician and Silurian systems, and partly so for the Cambrian System, are summarized. Correlation of the international series and stages with the traditional and revised British series and stages is reviewed, as well as with those in North America (Laurentia).
ISSN:0016-7568
1469-5081
DOI:10.1017/S0016756809990562