Deglaciation sequences in the Permo-Carboniferous Karoo and Kalahari basins of southern Africa: A tool in the analysis of cyclic glaciomarine basin fills

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 507-521

  Visser, Johan N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA, KALAHARI BASIN; AFRICA, KAROO BASIN;

EID: 0030820246     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-35.x     Document Type: Article

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