The Lower Karoo Supergroup geology of the southeastern part of the Gemsbok Sub-basin of the Kalahari Basin, Botswana

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-236

  Key, R M ^a,e   Tidi, J ^a   McGeorge, I ^b   Aitken, G ^c   Cadman, A ^c   Anscombe, J ^d  

^a Geological Survey of Botswana   (Botswana)

^b MPH Consulting Botswana (Pty) Ltd   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Ansco Groundwater   (Botswana)

^e Department of Zambia   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Botswana; Carboniferous; Glaciation; Lithostratigraphy; Permian

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GLACIATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMIAN;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0032465285     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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