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The Origin of the Structure known as Guilielmites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Alan Wood
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool.

Extract

During the course of palaeontological work in the North Wales coalfield, shining discoidal bodies were noticed on the bedding planes of various shales. They were found to be identical with objects described as Guilielmites by Geinitz (4) in 1858. The literature concerning them is reviewed below, and a new theory of their origin is advanced.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1935

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