Cover photo credit: Upward coarsening genetic sequence of basin plain shales, turbidite
and grain flow sands, Ecca Group (Permo-Carboniferous), Great Karoo, South Africa. The
Karoo sediments, and their equivalents around Gondwanaland, contain major deposits of
coal, oil shale, and uranium. Photo courtesy of the author.
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and grain flow sands, Ecca Group (Permo-Carboniferous), Great Karoo, South Africa. The
Karoo sediments, and their equivalents around Gondwanaland, contain major deposits of
coal, oil shale, and uranium. Photo courtesy of the author.
This book is printed on acid-free paper. (§)
Copyright (c) 2000 by ACADEMIC PRESS
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