Arenig sedimentation and basin tectonics in the Harlech Dome area (Dolgellau Basin), North Wales

Geological Magazine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 13-30

  John Joe, Traynor ^a  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLT LWYD FORMATION; ARENIG; MUDSTONE; ORDOVICIAN; SANDSTONE; TRANSGRESSION; VOLCANICITY; VOLCANISM;

UK, WALES, HARLECH DOME;

EID: 0025207193     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800014138     Document Type: Article

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