The lithostratigraphy of the latest Triassic to earliest Cretaceous of the English Channel and its adjacent areas

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 133, Issue , 1998, Pages 103-

  Ainsworth, Nigel R ^a   Braham, William ^a   Gregory, F John ^a   Johnson, Ben ^b   King, Christopher ^a  

^a II Corner Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Strat Lab Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL -PAG 103-164;

EID: 0005117327     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.133.01.06     Document Type: Article

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