The Neoproterozoic Keraf Suture in NE Sudan: Sinistral transpression along the eastern margin of West Gondwana

Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-147

  Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^a   Stern, Robert J ^a   Copeland, Peter ^a,b   Elfaki, Elfadil M ^a,c   Elhur, Bushra ^a,c   Ibrahim, Fathelrahman M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Geol Res Authority of the Sudan   (Sudan)

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EID: 0003012423     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516012     Document Type: Article

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