The role of fossils in interpreting the development of the Karoo Basin

dc.contributor.author	Hancox, P. J.
dc.contributor.author	Rubidge, B. S.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-11T08:10:38Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-11T08:10:38Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.description	Main article	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	The Permo-Carboniferous to Jurassic aged rocks off the main Karoo Basin of South Africa are world renowned for the wealth of synapsid reptile and early dinosaur fossils, which have allowed a ten-fold biostratigraphic subdivision of the Karoo Supergroup to be erected. The role of fossils in interpreting the development of the Karoo Basin is not, however, restricted to biostratigraphic studies. Recent integrated sedimentological and palaeontological studies have helped in more precisely defining a number of problematical formational contacts within the Karoo Supergroup, as well as enhancing palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, and basin development models.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	None	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	None	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0078-8554
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16396
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	None;
dc.subject	Karoo Basin, Biostratigraphy, Palaeoenvironment, Basin Development.	en_ZA
dc.title	The role of fossils in interpreting the development of the Karoo Basin	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA

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