Sedimentological and geochemical controls on ooidal ironstone and 'bone-bed' formation and some comments on their sequence-stratigraphical significance

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 97-107

  Macquaker, J H S ^a   Taylor, K G ^a   Young, T P ^b   Curtis, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244264915     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.103.01.07     Document Type: Article

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