Chronology, sedimentology and geochemistry of sediments at Verlorenvlei (Western Cape Province, South Africa) as evidence of anthropogenically-induced land degradation

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 107, Issue , 1996, Pages 45-62

  Meadows, Michael E ^a   Asmal, Osman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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