Devonian and Carboniferous volcanic rocks associated with the passive margin sequences of S W England; some geochemical perspectives

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-85

  Merriman, R J ^a   Evans, J A ^a   Leveridge, B E ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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