The occurrence of vitrified dung from the Kamdeboo district, southern Karoo, and Den Staat, Limpopo Valley, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 26-28

  Jacobson, L ^a   Loock, J C ^b   Van Der Westhuizen, W A ^b   Huffman, T N ^c   Dreyer, J J B ^b  

^a McGregor Museum   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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