Upper Wenlock to Lower Přídolí (Silurian) conodont biostratigraphy of Saaremaa, Estonia, and a correlation with Britain

Viira, Viive; Aldridge, Richard J.

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01 Apr 1998

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Upper Wenlock to Lower Přídolí (Silurian) conodont biostratigraphy of Saaremaa, Estonia, and a correlation with Britain

Viive Viira and Richard J. Aldridge

Viive Viira

Institute of Geology, Estonia Avenue 7, EE0105 Tallinn, Estonia

Richard J. Aldridge

Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

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