The Fish River canyon (Southern Namibia): A record of Cenozoic mantle dynamics?

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 343, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 478-485

  Mvondo, François ^a   Dauteuil, Olivier ^b   Guillocheau, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Canyon; Mantle; Namibia; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EROSION RATE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

FISH RIVER CANYON; KARAS; NAMIBIA;

EID: 80052937966     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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