Palaeoecology and age of a Quaternary high lake level in the Makgadikgadi Basin of the Middle Kalahari, Botswana

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 273-276

  Shaw, P A ^a   Stokes, S ^b   Thomas, D S G ^c   Davies, F B M ^a   Holmgren, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DESERT; LAKE LEVEL; QUATERNARY LAKE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BOTSWANA; KALAHARI; MAKGADIKGADI BASIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030697078     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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