Stratigraphy of the upper Neoproterozoic Kango and lower Palaeozoic table mountain groups of the Cape Fold Belt revisited

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-250

  Barnett, Wayne ^a   Armstong, Richard A ^b   De Wit, Maarten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOPROTEROZOIC; PALAEOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031402448     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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