Basin development during the deposition of the Elliot Formation (Late Triassic - Early Jurassic), Karoo Supergroup, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 397-412

  Bordy, Emese M ^a   Hancox, P John ^a   Rubidge, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 67651239025     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/107.3.397     Document Type: Article

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