The role of biota in the initiation and growth of islands on the floodplain of the okavango alluvial fan, Botswana

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-316

  Mccarthy, T S ^a,b,c,d   Ellery, W N ^a,b,c,d   Dangerfield, J M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d UNSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floodplain islands; Mima mounds; Okavango delta; Termites

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; FLOODPLAIN; ISLAND EVOLUTION; TERMITE;

BOTSWANA, OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 0031926624     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199804)23:4<291::AID-ESP844>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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