The Dwyka Group in the northern part of Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa: Sedimentation during late palaeozoic deglaciation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 141-163

  Von Brunn, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEGLACIATION; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030251294     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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