The contact of the Molteno and Elliot formations through the main Karoo Basin, South Africa: A second-order sequence boundary

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-364

  Bordy, Emese M ^a,b   Hancox, P John ^a   Rubidge, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27944450816     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/108.3.351     Document Type: Article

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