Tectonostratigraphic features along the Orange River in the western part of the Mesoproterozoic Namaqua mobile belt

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-100

  Colliston, W P ^a   Schoch, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEROZOIC; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; NAMAQUA MOBILE BELT;

EID: 0031739797     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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