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June 01, 1994
Cretaceous dykes associated with the opening of the South Atlantic; the Mehlberg Dyke, northern Richtersveld
D. L. Reid;
D. L. Reid
University of Cape Town, Department of Geological Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
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D. C. Rex
D. C. Rex
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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D. L. Reid
University of Cape Town, Department of Geological Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
D. C. Rex
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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 (1994) 97 (2): 135–145.
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First Online:
07 Mar 2017
Citation
D. L. Reid, D. C. Rex; Cretaceous dykes associated with the opening of the South Atlantic; the Mehlberg Dyke, northern Richtersveld. South African Journal of Geology 1994;; 97 (2): 135–145. doi:
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- absolute age
- Africa
- Ar/Ar
- basaltic composition
- Cape Province region
- Cape Province South Africa
- chemical composition
- Cretaceous
- dates
- diabase
- dike swarms
- dikes
- emplacement
- extension tectonics
- igneous rocks
- intrusions
- Karoo Basin
- magmas
- Mesozoic
- Namibia
- plate tectonics
- plutonic rocks
- rifting
- sills
- South Africa
- Southern Africa
- tectonics
- Richtersveld South Africa
- Etendeka Province
- Mehlberg Dyke
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