The climate of the kalahari transect

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-112

  Tyson, P D ^a   Crimp, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0010630619     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00359199809520380     Document Type: Article

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