The evolution of the Carlisle Basin, NW England and SW Scotland

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Holliday, D W ^a   Holloway, S ^a   McMillan, A A ^a   Jones, N S ^a   Warrington, G ^a,b   Akhurst, M C ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; PERMIAN; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542503537     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs.55.1.1     Document Type: Article

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