Tertiary weathering profiles in central Nigeria as indicators of paleoenvironmental conditions

Geomorphology

Volumn 16, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 61-70

  Zeese, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; FERRICRETE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; TERTIARY; WEATHERING PROFILE;

NIGERIA, JOS PLATEAU;

EID: 0029729473     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-555X(95)00084-I     Document Type: Article

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