Incised valley fill stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous succession, proximal Orange Basin, Atlantic margin of southern Africa

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-208

  Stevenson, I R ^a   McMillan, I K ^a  

^a De Beers Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Incised valleys; Seismic stratigraphy; South Africa; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; INCISED VALLEY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; VALLEY FILL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ORANGE BASIN;

EID: 1642324563     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-003     Document Type: Article

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