Internal stratigraphic relationships in the Etendeka Group in the Huab Basin, NW Namibia: Understanding the onset of flood volcanism

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 393-418

  Jerram, Dougal ^a   Mountney, Nigel ^b   Holzförster, Frank ^c   Stollhofen, Harald ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; STRATIGRAPHY;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0342979772     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(99)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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