Stratigraphic and geochemical framework of the Agouron drill cores, Transvaal Supergroup (Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic, South Africa)

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-54

  Schröder, Stefan ^a   Lacassie, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Beukes, Nicolas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Geological Survey of Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLOODING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 33747590588     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.109.1-2.23     Document Type: Article

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