Fluvial conditions during the holocene as evidenced by alluvial sediments from above howison's poort, near grahamstown, south africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-67

  Lewis, C A ^a   Illgner, P M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alluvial sediments; Climatic change; Holocene; River terraces; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008766007     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00359199809520373     Document Type: Article

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