Distribution patterns of gypsum and kalistrontite in a dry lake basin of the southwestern Kalahari (Omongwa pan, Namibia)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 731-744

  Mees, Florias ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Evaporite distribution patterns; Gypsum; Gypsum crystal habit; Kalahari; Kalistrontite; Namibia

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GYPSUM; SALT PAN; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA;

EID: 0032720450     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199908)24:8<731::AID-ESP7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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