Lower carboniferous (Late Viséan) platform development and cyclicity in southern Ireland: Foraminiferal biofacies and lithofacies evidence

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-171

  Gallagher, Stephen J ^a   Somerville, Ian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofacies; Carbonate platform development; Foraminifera; Ireland; Late Vis an; Lower Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CYCLICITY; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOFACIES; VISEAN;

IRELAND;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA; CARBONIFEROUS; FORAMINIFERA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 0043240717     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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