Stratigraphical relationships and a revised lithostratigraphical nomenclature for the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic rocks of the offshore East Irish Sea Basin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 124, Issue , 1997, Pages 11-32

  Jackson, D I ^a,b   Johnson, H ^a   Smith, N J P ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kingsley Dunham Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0346541591     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.02     Document Type: Article

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