Saline pan deposits from the ∼ 1.8 Ga Makgabeng Formation, Waterberg Group, South Africa

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 279-292

  Simpson, E L ^a   Eriksson, K A ^b   Kuklis, C A ^a   Eriksson, P G ^c   Bumby, A J ^c   van Jaarsveld, C F ^c  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aeolianites; Evaporites; Paleoproterozoic; Saline pan deposits; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORITE; MUDSTONE; PLAYA; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0842301376     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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