Provenance study of the Late Triassic - Early Jurassic Elliot Formation, main Karoo Basin, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-602

  Bordy, Emese M ^a,b   Hancox, P John ^a   Rubidge, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; PROVENANCE; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14844296994     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.4.587     Document Type: Article

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