Unconformities within the Portlandian Stage of the Wessex Basin and their sequence-stratigraphical significance

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 109-143

  Coe, Angela L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244277324     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.103.01.08     Document Type: Article

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