A Late Arenig (early Yapeenian) graptolite fauna and the coeval tectonic development of the Ballantrae Complex ophiolite, SW Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-40

  Stone, P ^a   Rushton, A W A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENIGIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAPTOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043268081     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg39010029     Document Type: Article

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