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A note on the distribution and significance of metamorphic limestones in the Moine and Lewisian of the Scottish Highlands and Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

N. M. S. Rock
N. M. S. Rock
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Institute of Geological Sciences, West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3LA, Scotland
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Geological Magazine , Volume 120 , Issue 6 , December 1983 , pp. 639 - 641
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