Tectonic and volcanic controls on Early Jurassic rift-valley lake deposition during emplacement of Karoo flood basalts, southern Namibia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 185-215

  Stollhofen, Harald ^a   Gerschütz, Stephan ^a   Stanistreet, Ian G ^b   Lorenz, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drakensberg Group; Flood basalts; Gondwana; Karoo; Lakes; Namibia; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; LAKE; RIFT ZONE; TECTONICS;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0345019882     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00029-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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