Crustal structure beneath the Orange Basin, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 249-260

  Hirsch, Katja K ^a   Scheck Wenderoth, Magdalena ^a   Paton, Douglas A ^b   Bauer, Klaus ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; GRAVITY FIELD; ISOSTASY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ORANGE BASIN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36248958759     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.110.2-3.249     Document Type: Article

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