Towards an integrated study of the depositional environment of the Bencliff Grit (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 133, Issue , 1998, Pages 355-372

  Goldring, R ^a   Astin, T R ^a   Marshall, J E A ^b   Gabbott, S ^b,c   Jenkins, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; JURASSIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032317409     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.133.01.18     Document Type: Article

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