Bedding-parallel shearing and related deformation in the lower Transvaal Supergroup north of the Johannesburg Dome, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-108

  Gibson, R L ^b   Courtnage, P M ^a   Charlesworth, E G ^b  

^a Anglo American Research Laboratories   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DOLOMITE; SHEAR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033452714     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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