Tale of three cratons: Tectonostratigraphic anatomy of the Damara orogen in northwestern Namibia and the assembly of Gondwana

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1115-1118

  Prave, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FORELAND BASIN; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PALEOCURRENTS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; KALAHARI; NAMIBIA; TIME FRAME;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CRATON; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DAMARAN OROGENY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CONGO CRATON; DAMARA BELT; KALAHARI CRATON; NAMIBIA; RIO DE LA PLATA;

EID: 0030426620     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1115:TOTCTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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