The lower Lias Group of the Hebrides Basin

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-60

  Hesselbo, Stephen P ^a   Oates, Michael J ^b   Jenkyns, Hugh C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; LIAS; STRATIGRAPHY;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031849376     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg34010023     Document Type: Article

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