A mid-Proterozoic volcano-sedimentary sequence in the Aggeneys Hills duplex, Namaqua Metamorphic Complex

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-360

  Colliston, W P ^a   Schoch, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL EXPLORATION; NAPPE; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; NAMAQUALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2442531957     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/106.4.343     Document Type: Article

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