Late Asbian to Brigantian (Mississippian) foraminifera from southeast Ireland: comparison with northern England assemblages

Somerville, Ian D.; Cózar, Pedro

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01 Oct 2005

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Late Asbian to Brigantian (Mississippian) foraminifera from southeast Ireland: comparison with northern England assemblages

Ian D. Somerville and Pedro Cózar

Ian D. Somerville

Department of Geology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (e-mail: )

Pedro Cózar

UEI y Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Instituto de Geología Económica CSIC-UCM, José Antonio Novais 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain (e-mail: )

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