Quaternary pedogenic calcretes from the Kalahari (southern Africa): mineralogy, genesis and diagenesis

Sedimentology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1980, Pages 661-686

  WATTS, N L ^a  

^a Produktie Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0019213610     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1980.tb01654.x     Document Type: Article

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