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May 01, 1991
Sandstone petrography, provenance and plate tectonic setting in Gondwana context of the southeastern Cape-Karoo Basin
M. R. Johnson
M. R. Johnson
Geol. Surv. South Africa, Petroria, South Africa
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M. R. Johnson
Geol. Surv. South Africa, Petroria, South Africa
Publisher: Geological Society of South Africa
First Online:
07 Mar 2017
Online ISSN: 1996-8590
Print ISSN: 1012-0750
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South African Journal of Geology (1991) 94 (2-3): 137–154.
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First Online:
07 Mar 2017
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M. R. Johnson; Sandstone petrography, provenance and plate tectonic setting in Gondwana context of the southeastern Cape-Karoo Basin. South African Journal of Geology 1991;; 94 (2-3): 137–154. doi:
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Africa
- Beaufort Group
- Cape Province region
- Cape Province South Africa
- clastic rocks
- Ecca Group
- Gondwana
- Jurassic
- Karoo Basin
- lithofacies
- Mesozoic
- mineral composition
- Ordovician
- Paleozoic
- Permian
- petrography
- plate tectonics
- provenance
- sandstone
- sedimentary petrology
- sedimentary rocks
- South Africa
- Southern Africa
- tectonophysics
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