Post-Gondwana pedogenic ferromanganese deposits, ancient soil profiles, African land surfaces and palaeoclimatic change on the Highveld of South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 761-781

  Van Niekerk, H S ^a   Beukes, N J ^a   Gutzmer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MESOZOIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PEDOGENESIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033498654     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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