The bivalve megadesmus from the Permian Volksrust Shale Formation (Karoo supergroup), northeastern Karoo Basin, South Africa: Implications for late permian basin development

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-556

  Cairncross, B ^a   Beukes, N J ^a   Coetzee, L L ^a   Rehfeld, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FOSSIL; PERMIAN; SHALE;

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

BIVALVIA;

EID: 33646271637     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/108.4.547     Document Type: Article

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