The use of graptolites in the stratigraphy of the Southern Uplands: Peach's legacy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 341-347

  Rushton, A W A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrande's Colonies; Gala Group; Lapworth; Moffat Shale; Ordovician; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034881404     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300008221     Document Type: Article

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