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New evidence on the age of the glacial rocks of northern Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. N. Saxena  and
G. Assefa
G. N. Saxena
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
G. Assefa
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Abstract

Summary. A fossil siphonophorid is described from the Palaeozoic rocks of the Enticho area in Tigrai, northern Ethiopia. This is the first fauna to be described from these rocks and the evidence supports an Ordovician age for the associated glacial rocks. Detailed lithostratigraphy of the area is also discussed.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 120 , Issue 6 , December 1983 , pp. 549 - 554
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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