Late glacial sedimentology, foraminifera and stable isotope stratigraphy of the Hebridean Continental Shelf, northwest Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 111, Issue , 1996, Pages 187-213

  Austin, W E N ^a,b   Kroon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 5844362788     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.111.01.13     Document Type: Article

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