A geochemical study of late Devonian and early Carboniferous tuffs from the South Munster Basin, Ireland

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-38

  Pracht, Markus ^a   Batchelor, Richard A ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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