Old Cliffe Hill and Whitwick quarries Charnwood Forest

Mercian Geologist

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-141

  Carney, John ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

QUARRY;

CHARNWOOD FOREST; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEICESTERSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844554522     PISSN: 0025990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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