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No evidence for glacial origin of late Precambrian tilloids in Angola (reply)

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DR KRÖNER REPLIES: Schermerhorn concludes that our evidence in favour of a glacial origin for the Angolan mixtites1 is insubstantial and unsound. During a field excursion in 1973 he failed to convince any of the participants of a mudflow origin for his tilloids. He also rejected a glacial origin for the late Precambrian Numees mixtite in South West Africa2–6. Here I shall correct some of the misinformation he presents.

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KRÖNER No evidence for glacial origin of late Precambrian tilloids in Angola (reply). Nature 252, 115–116 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252115a0

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