From BIF to red beds: Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Paleoproterozoic Koegas Subgroup (South Africa)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 25-44

  Schroder S ^a   Bedorf, D ^a   Beukes, N J ^a   Gutzmer, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deltaic deposits; Iron formation; Paleoproterozoic; Provenance; Sequence stratigraphy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC DEPOSITS; IRON FORMATION; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA;

DEPOSITS; GALLIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

IRON DEPOSITS;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RED BED; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952623085     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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