Laterisation on limestones of the Tertiary Wankoe Formation and its relationship to the African Surface, southern Cape, South Africa

Catena

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Marker, Margaret E ^a   Holmes, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African Surface; Erosion surface; Ferricrete; Karst; Landscape evolution; Laterisation; Limestone; Weathering

Indexed keywords

LATERITIZATION; LIMESTONE; SOIL DYNAMICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032743763     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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