Microfacies associations in Asbian carbonates: An example from the Urswick Limestone Formation of the southern Lake District, northern England

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 107, Issue , 1996, Pages 221-237

  Horbury, A D ^a,b   Adams, A E ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE CARBONATES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244377869     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.107.01.16     Document Type: Article

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