Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) δ13Ccarb chemostratigraphy in the Precordillera of Argentina: Documentation of the middle Darriwilian Isotope Carbon Excursion (MDICE) and its use for intercontinental correlation

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Albanesi, Guillermo Luis, Bergström, Stig M., Schmitz, Birger, Serra, Fernanda, Feltes, Nicolás Alexis, Voldman, Gustavo Gabriel, Ortega, Gladys del Carmen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy; Ordovician; Argentina; Global Correlation; Precordillera; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Table Head; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/22733

Although documented from Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, eastern North America, and China, the Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) positive δ13C excursion known as the MDICE has previously not been recognized with certainty in South America. The most promising region in South America for detailed Middle Ordovi...