A reappraisal of the stratigraphy and depositional development of the Upper Greensand (Late Albian) of the Devizes district, southern England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 229-244

  Woods, M A ^a   Wilkinson, I P ^a   Lott, G K ^a   Booth, K A ^a   Farrant, A R ^a   Hopson, P M ^a   Newell, A J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albian; biostratigraphy; lithostratigraphy; Upper Greensand; Wiltshire

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; DATA ACQUISITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WILTSHIRE;

EID: 67249121597     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(08)80303-3     Document Type: Article

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