Sole marks and combined-flow storm event beds in the brixton formation of the siliciclastic Archean Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 567-576

  Beukes, Nicolas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; FLOW CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SOLE MARK; STORM EVENT;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, WITWATERSRAND BASIN;

EID: 0029752403     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42683AB-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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