A mid-Cambrian shelly fauna from Ritland, western Norway and its palaeogeographical implications

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-51

  Bruton, David L ^a   Harper, David A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Cambrian; Facies; Norway; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009647011     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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