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Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Southern British Isles: A Facies Resembling the Alpine Molasse

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ALLEN, J. Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Southern British Isles: A Facies Resembling the Alpine Molasse. Nature 193, 1148–1150 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931148a0

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