Depositional setting and cyclic development of the lower part of the Witteberg group (Mid- to Upper Devonian), Cape Supergroup, Western Cape, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Cotter, E ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; DEVONIAN; FACIES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0033760802     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/103.1.1     Document Type: Article

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