Eolian dune degradation and generation of massive sandstone bodies in the Paleoproterozoic Makgabeng Formation, Waterberg Group, South Africa

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-45

  Simpson, E L ^a   Eriksson, K A ^a   Eriksson, P A ^a   Bumby, A J ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; STRATIFICATION; BARCHAN; RIPPLE;

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

DEPOSITS; DEWATERING; FLOW VELOCITY;

ADHESION STRUCTURES; CHANNEL MARGINS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; FRACTIONAL STRUCTURE; HORIZONTAL STRATIFICATION; HYPERCONCENTRATED FLOW; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PRECIPITATION EVENTS;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 0842314511     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/050701720040     Document Type: Article

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