Annually re-forming miniature sorted patterned ground in the high Drakensberg, Southern Africa

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 733-745

  Grab, Stefan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Frost induced; High drakensberg; Patterned ground

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGION; FROST ACTION; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA, KWAZULU-NATAL, DRAKENSBERG;

EID: 0031423037     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199708)22:8<733::AID-ESP764>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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