Analysis of late Palaeozoic glacial to postglacial sedimentary successions in South Africa by geochemical proxies - Response to climate evolution and sedimentary environment

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 184-203

  Scheffler, Kay ^a   Buehmann, Dieter ^b   Schwark, Lorenz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Cologne University ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deglaciation; Geochemistry; Kalahari Basin; Karoo Basin; Provenance; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMIAN; POSTGLACIAL; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALE;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; KALAHARI BASIN; KAROO; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748603181     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.059     Document Type: Article

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