The Aliwal Shoal revisited: New age constraints from nannofossil assemblages

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 647-653

  Bosman, Charl ^a   Uken, Ron ^a   Ovechkina, Maria N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NANOFOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT CORE; TRANSGRESSION;

AFRICA; ALIWAL SHOAL; INDIAN OCEAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 38849112725     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.110.4.647     Document Type: Article

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