The Namib Rift: a rift system of possible Karoo age, offshore Namibia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 153, Issue , 1999, Pages 381-402

  Clemson, J ^a,b   Cartwright, J ^a   Swart, R ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Amerada Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NAMCOR (NatlPetrolCorpof Namibia)   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033372055     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.153.01.23     Document Type: Article

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