Seismic Stratigraphic Constraints on Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic Evolution of the Western Margin of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-134

  Tinker, Justine ^a   de Wit, Maarten ^a   Grotzinger, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0038799482     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: 19968590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/105.2.107     Document Type: Article

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