Biostratigraphical control of thrust models for the Southern Uplands of Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 137-152

  Rushton, A W A ^a   Stone, P ^a   Hughes, R A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graptolite biostratigraphy; hemipelagites; Ordovician; out of sequence thrusting; Silurian; thrust imbrication; turbidites

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN; THRUSTING;

UK, SCOTLAND, SOUTHERN UPLANDS;

EID: 0030480195     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300002194     Document Type: Article

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