James Buckman (1814-1884) English consulting geologist and his visit to the Guyandotte coal-fields in 1854

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-201

  Torrens, Hugh S ^a   Brice, William R ^b  

^a Lowermill Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COAL; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032839328     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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