High-resolution stratigraphy of the Changhsingian (Late Permian) successions of NW Iran and the Transcaucasus based on lithological features, conodonts and ammonoids

Ghaderi, A.; Leda, L.; Schobben, M.; Korn, D.; Ashouri, A. R.

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High-resolution stratigraphy of the Changhsingian (Late Permian) successions of NW Iran and the Transcaucasus based on lithological features, conodonts and ammonoids

A. Ghaderi, L. Leda, M. Schobben, D. Korn, and A. R. Ashouri

A. Ghaderi

Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

L. Leda

Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

M. Schobben

Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

D. Korn

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1104-6939

Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

A. R. Ashouri

Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

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