Devonian stage boundaries in England, Wales and Scotland

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 225, 2000, Pages 83-90

  Marshall, John E A ^a   House, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Devonian; Goniatites; Spores; Stage boundaries; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005684514     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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