Petrography and diagenesis of the Thames Group at Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, UK

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-113

  Huggett, J M ^a,c   Gale, A S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONCRETION; DIAGENESIS; EOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; SIDERITE; TEXTURE;

ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITECLIFF BAY;

EID: 0032452964     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(98)80010-2     Document Type: Article

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