A Lower Ordovician (Arenig) radiolarian fauna from the Ballantrae Complex, Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; RADIOLARIA;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031871609     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg34010073     Document Type: Article

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