The Bjørntvet metabentonite: A new correlation tool for the Silurian of the southwest Oslo Region

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-250

  Hetherington, Callum J ^a   Nakrem, Hans Arne ^a   Batchelor, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; METABENTONITE; QUARRY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UNCONFORMITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; PORSGRUNN; SCANDINAVIA; TELEMARK;

EID: 33747770427     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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