A sequence stratigraphical approach to the understanding of basin history in orogenic Neoproterozoic successions: An example from the central highlands of Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 257-269

  Glover, B W ^a   Mckie, T ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244296972     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.103.01.15     Document Type: Article

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