The Westphalian succession of the Glyn-neath area, South Wales: An internationally important geological resource

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-305

  Evans, Benjamin G ^a   Cleal, Christopher J ^a   Thomas, Barry A ^b   Wimbledon, W A P ^c  

^a National Museums/Galleries of Wales   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; WESTPHALIAN;

GLYN-NEATH; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES (MID GLAMORGAN);

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0345357115     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(03)80030-5     Document Type: Article

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