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Trans-Atlantic application of the Baltic Middle and Upper Ordovician carbon isotope zonation; pp. 8–12
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Authors
Stig M. Bergström, Matthew R. Saltzman ORCID Icon, Stephen A. Leslie ORCID Icon, Annalisa Ferretti ORCID Icon, Seth A. Young ORCID Icon
Abstract

Application of the recently introduced Baltic d13C isotope zonation to a composite North American Darriwilian through Hirnantian succession shows that in most intervals there is good trans-Atlantic agreement not only between the isotope zones but also with the available biostratigraphic data. This indicates that this isotope zonation is a useful tool for improving previously uncertain long-distance correlations.

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