The late Mesozoic palaeosoils and Cenozoic fluvial deposits at Vaalputs, Namaqualand, South Africa: Possible depositional mechanisms and their bearing on the evolution of the continental margin

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-284

  Brandt, D ^a   Andreoli, Marco A G ^a,b   McCarthy, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NECSA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMAQUALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22244489719     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/108.2.271     Document Type: Article

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