The geochronology and significance of ash-fall tuffs in the glaciogenic Carboniferous-Permian Dwyka Group of Namibia and South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-49

  Bangert, Berthold ^a   Stollhofen, Harald ^a   Lorenz, Volker ^a   Armstrong, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; PERMIAN; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH;

NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033169174     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00078-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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