Late- to post-orogenic basins of the Pan-African - Brasiliano collision orogen in southern Africa and southern Brazil

Basin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-171

  Gresse, P G ^a   Chemale, F ^b   Da Silva, L C ^c   Walraven, F ^a   Hartmann, L A ^d  

^a Geological Survey of South Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^c Cia de Pesquisa de Recurs Minerais   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001532366     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1996.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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