Conodont micropalaeontology of mid-Ordovician aged limestone clasts from Lower Old Red Sandstone conglomerates, Lanark and Strathmore basins, Midland Valley, Scotland

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Armstrong, H A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLAST; CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LIMESTONE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OLD RED SANDSTONE; ORDOVICIAN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CONODONTA;

EID: 0034121005     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.19.1.45     Document Type: Article

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