Faulting and porosity modification in the Sherwood Sandstone at Alderley Edge, northeastern Cheshire: An exhumed example of fault-related diagenesis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 124, Issue , 1997, Pages 325-352

  Rowe, John ^b   Burley, Stuart D ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347171849     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.20     Document Type: Article

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