Holocene aeolian activity in the southwestern Kalahari Desert, southern Africa: Significance and relationships to late-pleistocene dune-building events

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-281

  Thomas, David S G ^a   Stokes, Stephen ^b   Shaw, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian activity; Holocene Pleistocene contrasts; Kalahari; Linear dune; Lunette dune; Optical dating; Optically stimulated luminescence; Sand dunes; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN ACTIVITY; DUNE; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL DATING; PLEISTOCENE (LATE); SEDIMENT;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0030775413     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700303     Document Type: Article

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