Is magmatic underplating the cause of post-rift uplift and erosion within the Cabora Bassa Basin, Zambezi Rift, Zimbabwe?

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-485

  Shoko, D S M ^a   Gwavava, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RIFTING; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033080173     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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