Lithostratigraphy of the Ordovician rocks in the Southern Uplands: Crawford Group, Moffat Shale Group, Leadhills Supergroup

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 153-165

  Floyd, J D ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arenig; Ashgill; Caradoc; Central Belt; greywacke; Llanvirn; Northern Belt; turbidite

Indexed keywords

CRAWFORD GROUP; LEADHILLS SUPERGROUP; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MOFFAT SHALE GROUP; ORDOVICIAN;

UK, SCOTLAND, SOUTHERN UPLANDS;

EID: 0030480877     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300002200     Document Type: Article

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