Sedimentology of the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Late Permian), Lower Karoo Group, mid-Zambezi Valley Basin, southern Zambia

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 535-553

  Nyambe, Imasiku A ^a   Dixon, Owen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LITHOFACIES; MUDSTONE; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0034210365     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00037-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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