Implications of new microfloral evidence from the Clew Bay Complex for Silurian relationships in the western Irish Caledonides

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 771-777

  Williams, D M ^a   Harkin, J ^a   Higgs, K T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Microfossils; Silurian; Terranes

Indexed keywords

PALYNOMORPH; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE;

IRELAND;

EID: 0030464550     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.5.0771     Document Type: Article

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