Provenance of lower coal measures around bradford, West Yorkshire

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-166

  Chisholm, J I ^a   Waters, C N ^a   Hallsworth, C R ^a   Turner, N ^a   Strong, G E ^a   Jones, N S ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL MEASURES; LITHOLOGY; PROVENANCE; WESTPHALIAN;

UK, ENGLAND, WEST YORKSHIRE, BRADFORD;

EID: 0030436056     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.51.2.153     Document Type: Article

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