Paleomagnetism of the lower two unconformity-bounded sequences of the Waterberg Group, South Africa: Towards a better-defined apparent polar wander path for the Paleoproterozoic Kaapvaal Craton

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 157-182

  de Kock, M O ^a   Evans, D A D ^b   Dorland, H C ^a   Beukes, Nicolas J ^a   Gutzmer, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; PROTEROZOIC; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

AFRICA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALMA;

EID: 33747592629     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.109.1-2.157     Document Type: Article

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