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Palaeozoic glacial rocks recently discovered in northern Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. B. Dow ,
M. Beyth  and
Tsegaye Hailu
D. B. Dow
Affiliation:
Geological Survey, P.O. Box 486, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
M. Beyth
Affiliation:
Geological Survey, P.O. Box 486, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tsegaye Hailu
Affiliation:
Geological Survey, P.O. Box 486, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Summary

Tillite and other glacial rocks have been found at the base of a sedimentary sequence in the northern part of Tigre Province, Ethiopia. Their glacial origin cannot be doubted, for in addition to beds of tillite containing abundant striated boulders, glaciated bedrock has been found. The rocks are correlatives either of the Upper Carboniferous glacial rocks of southern Africa or of Ordovician glacial rocks recently mapped in the Hoggar District of southern Algeria.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 1 , January 1971 , pp. 53 - 60
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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