Development of the Lebombo rifted volcanic margin of southeast Africa

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 362, Issue , 2002, Pages 27-46

  Watkeys, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FAULTING; FRACTURE; LEVEES; MAGNESIA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; PARTIAL MELTING; RIFTED MARGINS; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANIC MARGIN;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

FRACTURE ZONE; JURASSIC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MONOCLINE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC BELT;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870906266     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2362-0.27     Document Type: Article

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