An early Ordovician turbidite system on the Gondwana margin: the southeastern Manx Group, Isle of Man

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 160, Issue , 1999, Pages 89-107

  Woodcock, N H ^a   Barnes, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; SUTURE ZONE; TURBIDITE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033381764     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.160.01.07     Document Type: Article

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