Turbidite systems influenced by structurally induced topography in the multi-sourced Welsh Basin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 222, Issue , 2004, Pages 209-228

  Smith, Ru ^a  

^a Norske Shell   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENTATION; SILURIAN; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142821431     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.222.01.11     Document Type: Article

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