Lowermost Silurian organic-rich (hot') shales are the origin of 80–90% of Palaeozoic
sourced hydrocarbons in North Africa and also played a major role in petroleum generation …

Cramer, BD, Brett, CE, Melchin, MJ, Männik, P., Kleffner, MA, McLaughlin, PI, Loydell, DK,
Munnecke, A., Jeppsson, L., Corradini, C., Brunton, FR & Saltzman, MR 2011: Revised …

Mass extinction events affect a wide breadth of ecosystems and are one of the major driving
mechanisms behind evolution, origination, and diversification of taxa. Such dramatic …

Integrated graptolite, conodont and chitinozoan biostratigraphical data is presented from the
Rhuddanian through to lower Sheinwoodian of the Aizpute-41 core, Latvia. Correlation of …

The Early Palaeozoic Icehouse (Late Ordovician-Early Silurian, c. 455–425 Ma) was a
remarkable event in the Earth's climatic history, marked by extensive glaciations occurring at …

L'influence de la glaciation du Gondwana à l'Ordovicien supérieur et au Silurien de la
Baltique. Un test de la cyclicité de l'environnement à l'aide des isotopes du carbone, Sur le …

Evidence is presented from the upper Aeronian, lower Sheinwoodian and middle Homerian
demonstrating that positive δ13C excursions in the lower Silurian are the result of increased …

The resolution and fidelity of global chronostratigraphic correlation are direct functions of the
time period under consideration. By virtue of deep-ocean cores and astrochronology, the …

The current state of and the latest developments in the conodont-based biostratigraphical
studies of Upper Ordovician and lower Silurian strata in Estonia are discussed. An updated …

Three positive shifts in δ13C are recognized in well-dated carbonate successions in North
America and can be confidently correlated with shifts in the Baltic region by using conodont …