The Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in South Africa and the age of the earliest episode of the Dwyka glaciation: New palynological result

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Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-44

  Streel, Maurice ^a   Theron, Johannes N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0033244924     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1999/v22i1/007     Document Type: Article

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