THE development of reliable methods of world-wide stratigraphic correlation involves the gradual replacement of empirical and traditional ‘index fossils’ by zonal index species selected on the basis ...
Geologic assessment of active tectonism depends on two key measures: the age and the amount of deformation of a given stratigraphic unit. The amount of deformation can normally be measured with ...
The Devonian (419.2-358.9 Ma) is the first geological period of the late Paleozoic, spanning about 60.3 Ma from the end of the Silurian, and its beginning is marked by the First Appearance Datum (FAD) ...