Tephra-fall deposits in the Sleat Group (Torridonian), Isle of Skye, Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-215

  Batchelor, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isle of Skye; Tephra; Torridonian; Tuffs; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

ISLE OF SKYE; TEPHRA; TORRIDONIAN; TUFFS; VOLCANIC ASH;

DEPOSITS;

PROTEROZOIC; TEPHRA; TORRIDONIAN; VOLCANIC ASH;

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

EID: 20444491108     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000427     Document Type: Article

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