A late Vendian age for the Kinlochlaggan Boulder Bed (Dalradian)?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 823-826

  Evans, Richard H S ^a,b   Tanner, P W Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell PDC (Nigeria) Ltd   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dalradian; Proterozoic; Scotland; Tillite

Indexed keywords

DALRADIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TILLITE; VENDIAN;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLAND, KINLOCHLAGGAN;

EID: 0030429545     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.6.0823     Document Type: Article

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