A revised lithostratigraphy for the Inferior Oolite Group (Middle Jurassic) of the Cotswolds, England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-285

  Barren, A J M ^a  

^a British Geological siin'ey   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFERIOR OOLITE; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY;

UK, COTSWOLDS;

EID: 0031395915     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7878(97)80012-0     Document Type: Article

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