Mid Holocene palaeoenvironments from Lake Nhlange, Northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 991-1001

  Wright, C Ian ^a,c   Cooper, J Andrew G ^b,c   Kilburn, R N ^c  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coastal evolution; Molluscan assemblages; Quaternary sea levels; South Africa; Vibracoring

Indexed keywords

SOUTH AFRICA;

COASTAL LAGOON; HOLOCENE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032740996     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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