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The Position of the Wenlock/Lundlow Boundary in the Silurian Graptolite Sequence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. G. Bassett
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea.
J. H. Shergold
Affiliation:
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Post Office Box 378, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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