Sedimentology and stratigraphic affinities of Neoproterozoic coarse clastic successions, Glenshirra Group, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-174

  Banks, C J ^a   Winchester, J A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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ALLUVIAL FAN; FAN DELTA; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; INVERNESS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14844318042     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg40020159     Document Type: Article

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