Upper Cretaceous palaeogeography of the British Isles and adjacent areas

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-143

  Cope, John C W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Ireland; Palaeogeography; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITION; EROSION; PALEOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; IRISH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745600825     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(06)80005-2     Document Type: Article

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