Weathering pits in the Spitzkoppe area, Central Namib Desert

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-444

  Goudie, Andrew S ^a   Migón, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; PEDIMENT DEVELOPMENT; WEATHERING PIT;

AFRICA, NAMIB DESERT, SPITZKOPPE;

EID: 0031429715     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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