Carboniferous biostratigraphy of the Rookhope Borehole, Co. Durham

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 181-226

  Johnson, G A L ^a   Nudds, J R ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basal Namurian; cyclothems; fossils; initial cycles; minor cycles; palaeoecology; palaeogeography; stratigraphical palaeontology; upper Dinantian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; CYCLOTHEM; DINANTIAN; LIMESTONE; NAMURIAN; PALAEONTOLOGY;

UK, ENGLAND, DURHAM, WEARDALE, ROOKHOPE;

EID: 0030461729     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300002224     Document Type: Article

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