Refining the chronostratigraphy of the Karoo Basin, South Africa: magnetostratigraphic constraints support an early Permian age for the Ecca Group
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Journal International
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0956-540X,1365-246X
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggx344