Tale of three cratons: Tectonostratigraphic anatomy of the Damara orogen in northwestern Namibia and the assembly of Gondwana: Comment

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1149-1150

  Dürr, Sören B ^a,b   Pieter Dingeldey, D ^a  

^a Inst fur Mineral/Kristallstrukt   (Germany)

^b Z and S Geologi a/s   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GONDWANA; OROGENY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84872039325     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<1149:TOTCTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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