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The Withycombe Formation (Oxfordshire subcrop) is of early Cambrian age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. W. A. Rushtona
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG U.K.
S. G. Molyneux
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG U.K.
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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