The stratigraphy, sedimentology, and age of the Late Palaeozoic Mesosaurus Inland Sea, SW-Gondwana : new implications from studies on sediments and altered pyroclastic layers of the Dwyka and Ecca Group (lower Karoo Supergroup) in southern Namibia

The Mesosaurus Inland Sea covered, in the Late Paleozoic, vast areas (~5 Mio km2) of the SW-Gondwanan continental interior. Major depocentres are represented by the Karoo basins of SW-Africa and the Paraná Basin in South America. These areas were interconnected prior to the break-up of Gondwana and...

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Main Author: Werner, Mario
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1918
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-21757
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-21757
https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/files/1918/00-Complete_thesis-STD.pdf