Sedimentary environments and trace fossils of tertiary oasis deposits in the Central Namib Desert, Namibia

Palaios

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-559

  Smith, Roger M H ^a   Mason, Thomas R ^b  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b Armagh Planetarium   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TERTIARY; TRACE FOSSIL;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0032417880     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/0883-1351(1998)013<0547:SEATFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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