Submersible-based observations of in-situ fossil tree trunks in Late Cretaceous seafloor outcrops, Orange Basin, western offshore, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-326

  Stevenson, Ian R ^a   Bamford, Marion K ^b  

^a De Beers Group   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; SEAFLOOR; TREE STUMP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAMAQUALAND SHELF;

PODOCARPACEAE;

EID: 2442458921     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/106.4.315     Document Type: Article

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