The Whitehill Formation - A high conductivity marker horizon in the Karoo Basin

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 465-476

  Branch, Thomas ^a,b   Ritter, Oliver ^a   Weckmann, Ute ^a,c   Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^d   Schilling, Frank ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SPECTROSCOPY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36148984655     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.110.2-3.465     Document Type: Article

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