Earliest laterites and possible evidence for terrestrial vegetation in the Early Proterozoic

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-266

  Gutzmer, Jens ^a   Beukes, Nicolas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEXTURES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HUMID CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SOIL TEXTURES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; TRANSVAAL;

SOILS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LATERITE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOKARST; PALEOSOL; PROTEROZOIC; TEXTURE; VEGETATION; PALAEOSOL; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 0031848672     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0263:ELAPEF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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