Conodont biostratigraphy of the attenuated Dent Group (upper Ordovician) at Hartley Ground, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria, UK

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-21

  Armstrong, H A ^a,b,c   Johnson, E W ^a   Scott, R W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dritish Geological Survey   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURIAL DEPTH; COLOUR ALTERATION INDEX; CONODONT; ORDOVICIAN;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, BROUGHTON IN FURNESS, HARTLEY GROUND;

EID: 0030481167     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.51.1.9     Document Type: Article

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