Facies and facies association of the siliciclastic Brak River and carbonate Gemsbok formations in the Lower Ugab River valley, Namibia, W. Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 121-134

  Paciullo, F V P ^a   Ribeiro, A ^a   Trouw, R A J ^a   Passchier, C W ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depositional sequences; Facies and facies association; Neoproterozoic successions; Sequence stratigraphy; Zerrissene Turbidite Complex

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ORYX GAZELLA;

EID: 33947191387     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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