Sedimentation and palaeogeographical significance of the Silurian rocks of the Louisburgh-Clare Island succession, western Ireland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 123-136

  Maguire, C Kelly ^a   Graham, John R ^b  

^a Geochem Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clew Bay area; fluvial and lacustrine sediments; Silurian stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

IRELAND, GALWAY; IRELAND, MAYO;

EID: 0029730720     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300006386     Document Type: Article

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