Scarp retreat versus pinned drainage divide in the formation of the Drakensberg escarpment, southern Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-610

  Moore, Andy ^a   Blenkinsop, Tom ^b  

^a AMPAL (Pty) Ltd   (Botswana)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIABASE; DIKE; ESCARPMENT; FISSION TRACK DATING; FORMATION MECHANISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; DRAKENSBERG; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247565516     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.109.4.599     Document Type: Article

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