The origin of the clay-with-flints: The missing link

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-161

  Gallois, R W ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay with flints; Dissolution; Origin; Palaeocene Eocene; South west England

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866545155     PISSN: 05663954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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