A second major fluvial sourceland for the Silesian Pennine Basin of northern England

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 901-906

  Glover, B W ^a   Leng, M J ^b   Chisholm, J I ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

143Nd 144Nd; 87Sr 86Sr; Carboniferous; Pennines; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NEODYMIUM; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM;

UK, ENGLAND, PENNINE BASIN;

EID: 0030428978     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.6.0901     Document Type: Article

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