Basin evolutiion and sedimentary fill in the Palaeozoic sequences of the Falkland Islands

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 153, Issue , 1999, Pages 445-464

  Meadows, Neil S ^a,b  

^a Geochem Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Redrock Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

EID: 0033397438     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.27     Document Type: Article

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