The Nama Group revisited

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 637-650

  Meert, Joseph G ^a   Eide, Elizabeth A ^b   Torsvik, Trond H ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Nama Group; Namibia; Palaeomagnetism; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PRECAMBRIAN/CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0030860322     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb04499.x     Document Type: Article

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