Linear dune pattern variability in the vicinity of dry valleys in the southwest Kalahari

Geomorphology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-54

  Bullard, Joanna E ^a   Nash, David J ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry valleys; Linear dunes; Southwest Kalahari

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DRY VALLEY; LINEAR DUNE; SAND DUNE;

AFRICA, KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0031903120     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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