The Lamington conglomerate: Further evidence for an ophiolitic source for the Ordovician Marchburn Formation, Northern Belt, Southern Uplands

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Barron, Hugh F ^a   Phillips, Emrys R ^a   Floyd, James D ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN UPLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042529297     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg40010007     Document Type: Article

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