10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE ORDOVICIAN»
Discover the use of
the Ordovician in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Ordovician and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Sea without Fish: Life in
the Ordovician Sea of
the ...
This book synthesizes more than 150 years of research on this fossil treasure-trove, describing and illustrating the fossils, the life habits of the animals represented, their communities, and living relatives, as well as the nature of the ...
Richard Arnold Davis, David L. Meyer, 2009
2
The Ordovician Earth System
The diverse papers comprising this volume address orogenesis, paleogeography, climate modeling, sedimentation, biodiversity, and isotopic excursions; together they promote an integrated view of the Ordovician earth system.
Stanley Charles Finney, William B. N. Berry, 2010
3
Deep-time Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying
the ...
Changes in family and generic diversity in conodonts, ostracods and graptolites
reflect a longer glaciation scenario for the Ordovician. The rising diversity
trajectory to the Llanvirn was terminated in the Caradoc. This was followed by a
slight ...
4
Contributions to
the Ordovician paleontology of Kentucky and ...
INTRODUCTION This chapter and chapters B to G of Professional Paper 1066
are part of a series of papers primarily dealing with the Ordovician megafossils of
Kentucky. Previous reports in this series have dealt with some of the trilobites ...
John Pojeta, University of Kentucky, Kentucky Geological Survey, 1979
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The Ordovician Deicke and Millbrig K-bentonite Beds of
the ...
John T. Haynes. Dennison. J. M., Bambach, R. K., Dorobek. S. L., Filer, J. K., and
Shell, J. A., 1992, Silurian and Devonian unconformities in southwestern Virginia,
in Dennison, J. M., and Stewart, K. G., eds., Geologic field guides to North ...
6
A Revised Correlation of
Ordovician Rocks in
the British Isles
The base of the Arenig Series was taken as the lower boundary of the Ordovician
System by Williams et al. (1972); hence Tremadoc rocks were excluded from the
Ordovician correlation charts, and included in the Cambrian correlation charts ...
R. A. Fortey, D. A. T. Harper, J. Keith Ingham, 2000
7
The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and palaeozoic
The Ordovician outcrops of central Europe belong to various areas with, in
general, a very complex tectonic evolution. In this chapter, we review the
localities that were attributed to peri- Gondwanan terranes. We do not therefore
include a ...
8
Late
Ordovician Articulate Brachiopods from
the Red River ...
The particular marker bed known as the T-marker or upper T-marker in the upper
Stonewall Formation has been shown by conodont data to coincide with the
Ordovician-Silurian boundary (Norford et ai. 1998; Nowlan and Haidl 1999).
Jisuo Jin, Ren-Bin Zhan, 2001
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A Geologic Time Scale 2004
12 • The Ordovician Period R. A. COOPER AND P. M. SADLER Geographic
distribution of Ordovician GSSPs that have been ratified (diamonds) on a mid
Ordovician map (status in January, 2004; see Table 2.3). Four of the seven
Ordovician ...
Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, Alan G. Smith, 2004
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Effects of Past Global Change on Life
Environmental changes close to the Ordovician-Silurian boundary, in A Global
Analysis of the Ordovician-Silurian Boundary, L. R. M. Cocks and R. B. Rickards,
eds., British Museum (Natural History) Bulletin 43 (Geology Series), pp. 377-385.
Panel on Effects of Past Global Change on Life, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 1995
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE ORDOVICIAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Ordovician is used in the context of the following news items.
Moroccan Desert Yields 400 Million-Year-Old Sea Creatures' Fossils
It was during the Ordovician period that it was a rich time for Earth's marine life, as it was teeming with sea creatures. All sorts of species swam the ocean depths ... «Clapway, Jul 15»
Rare Fossils of 400-Million-Year-Old Sea Creatures Uncovered
Morocco's vast, rocky deserts were once covered with oceans teeming with life during the Ordovician period, about 485 million to 444 million years ago, a new ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
Gigantic ancient arthropod was really 'a very peaceful guy'
Exploiting a plankton explosion during the Ordovician Period, Aegirocassis represents the beginning of this trend, foreshadowing today's baleen whales and ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
Researchers: Gamma-Ray Burst May Have Triggered Mass Extinction
A nearby gamma-ray burst may have caused one of the five greatest mass extinctions on Earth, such as the Ordovician extinction that occurred 440 million years ... «CBS Local, Dec 14»
Crater Hunters Find New Clues to Ancient Impact Storm
Yet, only a dozen or so impact craters have been found from the ancient bombardment 470 million years ago, during the Ordovician Period. Most are in North ... «Live Science, Oct 14»
Fragment Of Ancient Meteorite That Sparked An Explosion Of Life …
All of the meteorites are part of an iron-poor class called the L chondrites, that date back about 470 millions years to a time known as the Ordovician period ... «Design & Trend, Jul 14»
Swedish space rock may be piece of early life puzzle
Mysteriously, about 25 million years later life sprang back into action in the early part of the Ordovician, generating loads of species. So what triggered the ... «New Scientist, Jul 14»
Silurian Period Facts: Climate, Animals & Plants
The Silurian Period occurred from 443 million to 416 million years ago. It was the third period in the Paleozoic Era. It followed the Ordovician Period and ... «LiveScience.com, Feb 14»
Paleozoic Era: Facts & Information
After the Ordovician Period came the Silurian Period (443 million years ago to 416 million years ago), which saw the spread of jawless fish throughout the seas. «LiveScience.com, Jun 13»
Cambrian Period: Facts & Information
The Cambrian Period was followed by the Ordovician Period. The period gets its name from Cambria, the Roman name for Wales, where Adam Sedgwick, one ... «LiveScience.com, Mar 13»
