Composition and provenance of the Silurian to Devonian sandstone sequences of the southern Midland Valley

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-42

  Phillips, E R ^a   Barron, H F ^a   Smith, R A ^a   Arkley, S ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SILURIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDLAND VALLEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042483824     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg40010023     Document Type: Article

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