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The evolution of the early Carboniferous Limestone province in southwest Britain

Correspondence and Notes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

V. P. Wright
V. P. Wright
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Department of Geology, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, U.K.2nd December 1986
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Geological Magazine , Volume 124 , Issue 5 , September 1987 , pp. 477 - 480
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