Middle and Upper Jurassic (Callovian to Kimmeridgian) palynology of the onshore moray firth basin, northeast Scotland

Palynology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-142

  Riding, James B ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2005.9989605     Document Type: Article

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