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Edited book Durney, D. W. and Ramsay, J. G. 1973. Incremental strains measured by syntectonic crystal growths. In: Gravity and tectonics (edited by De Jong, K. A. and Scholten, R.), p. 67-96. Wiley, New York, U.S.A. or Friedman, G. M. and Sanders, J. E. 1978. Principles of Sedimentology. 425 p. Wiley, New York, U. S. A.
Journal Folk, R. L. 1959. Political petrographic classification of limestones. Bulletin American Association Petroleum Geologists 43, 1-38.
Thesis Ngom, P. M. 1995. Caractérisation de la croute birimienne dans les parties centrale et méridionale du super-groupe de Mako : implications géochimiques et pétrogénétiques. Thèse 356 p. Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
Published Report Key, R. M. and Watkins, R. T. 1988. Geology of the Sabarei area. Report III, 57 p. Mines and Geological Department, Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources, Nairobi, Kenya.
Conference/Meeting Abstracts Miller, M. A. and Wood, G. D. 1996. Paleoecological significance of the Hydrodictyaceae, Scenedesmaceae and Zygnemataceae (Chlorophyta) in the Early Paleozoic. 9th International Palynology Congress, Abstracts. (Brisbane, Australia), 112.
Geological Map Geological map of the Damara Orogen. Sheet 1; 1:500 000. 1988. Compiled by Miller, R. McG and Grote, W. Geological Society South Africa, Marshalltown.
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