The ichnofauna of the Skiddaw Group (early Ordovician) of the Lake District, England

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-216

  Orr, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA ENVIRONMENT; FODINICHNIA; ICHNOFOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, LAKE DISTRICT;

EID: 0029751586     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800008700     Document Type: Article

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