The Karoetjes Kop and Bloupoort formations, Gifberg Group, South Africa

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 233-237

  Frimmel, Hartwig E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAMICTITE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSPRESSION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864066710     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.18     Document Type: Article

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