The stratigraphy and cyclicity of the late Dinantian platform carbonates in parts of southern and western Ireland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 107, Issue , 1996, Pages 239-251

  Gallagher, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 5244348888     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.107.01.17     Document Type: Article

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