Upper Llandovery-Wenlock (Silurian) palynology of the Pentland Hills inliers, Midland Valley of Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-168

  Molyneux, S G ^a   Barron, H F ^a   Smith, R A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACRITARCH; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDLAND VALLEY; PENTLAND HILLS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACRITARCHA; CHITINOZOA;

EID: 58149461384     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg44020151     Document Type: Article

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