Red tuffs in the palaeocene lava successions of the inner hebrides

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-89

  Emeleus, C H ^a   Allwright, E A ^a   Kerr, A C ^b   Wllliamson, I T ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVA; PALAEOCENE; RED TUFF; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKER;

UK, SCOTLAND, HEBRIDES, INNER HEBRIDES;

EID: 0030442330     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg32010083     Document Type: Article

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