Late vendian-?Cambrian glacially influenced deep-water sedimentation, Macduff Slate Formation (Dalradian), NE Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Stoker, M S ^a   Howe, J A ^b,c   Stoker, S J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea sedimentation; Glaciomarine sedimentation; Macduff Slate Fm; Scotland; Upper Dalradian

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032923953     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.1.0055     Document Type: Article

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