Palaeoclimatic significance of calcretes in the Dinantian of the Cockburnspath Outlier (East Lothian-north Berwickshire)

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-164

  Andrews, Julian E ^b   Nabi, Ghulam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; CARBONIFEROUS; DINANTIAN; PALEOCLIMATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032448896     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg34020153     Document Type: Article

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