Stratigraphy and age of Karoo basalts of Lesotho and implications for correlations within the Karoo igneous province

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 100, Issue , 1997, Pages 247-272

  Marsh, J S ^a   Hooper, P R ^b   Rehacek, J ^b   Duncan, R A ^c   Duncan, A R ^d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 85040248482     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM100p0247     Document Type: Chapter

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