Fault analysis of the Cheshire Basin, NW England

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 124, Issue , 1997, Pages 297-313

  Chadwick, R A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347801840     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.124.01.18     Document Type: Article

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