The stratigraphy and graptolite faunas of the moffat shales at tieveshilly, co. down, northern ireland, and their implications for the modelling of the southern uplands-down-longford terrane

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 69-88

  Rickards, R B ^a  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; IAPETUS OCEAN; LLANDOVERIAN; SILURIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE;

IRELAND;

GRAPTOLOIDEA;

EID: 0033693006     PISSN: 07901763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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