Southern Uplands geology: An historical perspective

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 323-339

  Kelling, Gilbert ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bibliometry; graptolites; greywackes; history; imbricate thrusts; isodinal folds; turbidites

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034886711     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026359330000821X     Document Type: Article

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