Dunefield activity and interactions with climatic variability in the southwest Kalahari desert

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-174

  Bullard, J E ^a,c   Thomas, D S G ^a   Livingstone, I ^b   Wiggs, G F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Climatic variability; Linear sand dunes; Mobility indices; Potential dune surface activity index; Southwest Kalahari

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN PROCESSES; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE DYNAMICS; ERODIBILITY; EROSIVITY; SAND TRANSPORT;

AFRICA, KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0030874159     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199702)22:2<165::AID-ESP687>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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