The stratigraphy of the Chalk Group of the Berkshire Downs

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-265

  Woods, M A ^a   Aldiss, D T ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk Group; Correlation; Geophysical logs; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CHALK; CRETACEOUS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BERKSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 5444252883     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(04)80006-3     Document Type: Article

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