Revised stratigraphy and age of the Red Sandstone Group in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 749-759

  Roberts, Eric M ^a   O'Connor, Patrick M ^b   Gottfried, Michael D ^c   Stevens, Nancy ^b   Kapalima, Saidi ^d   Ngasala, Sifael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Cretaceous; Gondwana; Red Sandstone Group; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOGENE; RIFT ZONE; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; RUKWA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9144234876     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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