Late glacial sea level and ocean margin environmental changes interpreted from biostratigraphic and Iithostratigraphic studies of isolation basins in northwest Scotland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 111, Issue , 1996, Pages 229-244

  Shennan, Ian ^a   Rutherford, Mairéad M ^a   Innes, James B ^a   Walker, Kevin J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 5844396937     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.111.01.15     Document Type: Article

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