The structure of the Westphalian in the northern part of the southern North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 123, Issue , 1997, Pages 143-152

  Quirk, David G ^a   Aitken, John F ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; STRATIGRAPHY; WESTPHALIAN;

NORTH SEA;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0031545613     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.09     Document Type: Article

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