The relationship between antiformal and monoclinal steep structures in the Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand: A case study

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-195

  Kisters, A F M ^a,b   Charlesworth, E G ^a   Gibson, R L ^a   Anhaeusser, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFORM; DEFORMATION; FOLIATION; GNEISS; MONOCLINE; STEEP STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, NAMAQUALAND, OKIEP;

EID: 0030454830     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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