The trilobites and brachiopods of the Wrae Limestone, an Ordovician limestone conglomerate in the Southern Uplands

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-149

  Owen, Alan W ^a   Harper, David A T ^b   Clarkson, Euan N K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASHGILLIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CARADOCIAN; ORDOVICIAN; TRIBOLITE;

UK, SCOTLAND, SOUTHERN UPLANDS;

EID: 0030426222     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg32020133     Document Type: Article

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