Provenance of Upper Carboniferous sandstones in east Derbyshire: Role of the Wales-Brabant High

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-233

  Chisholm, J I ^a,b   Hallsworth, C R ^a,c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b HM Research Associates ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE;

DERBYSHIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 19644392921     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.55.3.209     Document Type: Article

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