A land plant microfossil assemblage of Mid Silurian age from the Stonehaven Group, Scotland

Wellman, Charles

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01 Aug 1993

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A land plant microfossil assemblage of Mid Silurian age from the Stonehaven Group, Scotland

Charles Wellman

Department of Geology, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, Cardiff, CF1 3YE, UK

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