The development of hiatal surfaces in the Osmington Mills Ironstone Member of the Upper Jurassic Ringstead Formation of South Dorset, England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-210

  Williams, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIATUS; IRONSTONE; JURASSIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY; TRANSGRESSION;

ENGLAND (DORSET); UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHOZOA; HIATUS;

EID: 0042284506     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(03)80013-5     Document Type: Article

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