Contact relations between the Koodoovale-and Manjeri-type lithostratigraphic units of the late Archaean Bulawayan Supergroup at Hunters Road, Central Zimbabwe

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-332

  Prendergast, M D ^a,b  

^a Carson Close   (Zimbabwe)

^b Guesachan   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2142760205     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.3.325     Document Type: Article

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