Spectral gamma ray characterization of high resolution sequence stratigraphy: Examples from Upper Carboniferous fluvio-deltaic systems, County Clare, Ireland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 104, Issue , 1996, Pages 25-35

  Davies, S J ^a   Elliott, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5244377874     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.104.01.03     Document Type: Article

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