Radiometric date for the Port Durnford peat and development of yellow-wood forest along the South African east coast

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-45

  Oschadleus, H D ^a   Vogel, J C ^a   Scott, L ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

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