Tectonic and climatic controls on sedimentation during deposition of the Sinakumbe Group and Karoo Supergroup, in the mid-Zambezi Valley Basin, southern Zambia

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 443-463

  Nyambe, Imasiku A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; TECTONICS;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0033079814     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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