Tectonic controls on sequence development in the Palaeocene and earliest Eocene of southeast England: Implications for North Sea stratigraphy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 103, Issue , 1996, Pages 209-230

  Knox, Robertw W O'B ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244339912     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.103.01.12     Document Type: Article

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