The witvlei group of East-Central Namibia

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-216

  Prave, A R ^a   Hoffmann, K H ^b   Hegenberger, W ^b   Fallick, A E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

KALAHARI CRATON; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84864070746     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.15     Document Type: Article

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