The Karoo basins of south-central Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 211-253

  Catuneanu, Octavian ^a   Wopfner, H ^b   Eriksson, P G ^c   Cairncross, B ^d   Rubidge, B S ^e   Smith, R M H ^f   Hancox, P J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Extensional tectonics; Flexural tectonics; Gondwana; Karoo basins

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLEXURE; GONDWANA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 29744437882     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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