The Kanye axis, Kaapvaal craton, southern Africa: A postulated Archaean crustal architectural element inferred from three-dimensional basin modelling of the lower Transvaal Supergroup

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-233

  Eriksson, P G ^a   Reczko, B F F ^a   Corner, B ^b   Jenkins, S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Corner Geophysics Namibia ^*  (Namibia)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BASIN MODELLING; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA, KAAPVAAL CRATON, KANYE AXIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030482780     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-5362(96)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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