On the Palaeozoic tillite of the Adigrat Group (Tigrai, Ethiopia)

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-251

  Sacchi, Rosalino ^a   Alene, Mulugeta ^b   Barbieri, Mario ^c,d   Conti, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Palaeozoic glaciations

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555177709     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2007PM0027     Document Type: Article

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