Late Quaternary glaciation in southern Africa: Moraine ridges and glacial deposits at Mount Enterprise in the Drakensberg of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 365-374

  Lewis, Colin A ^a   Illgner, Peter M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Equilibrium line altitude; Palaeoglacier reconstruction; Protalus ramparts; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DIAMICTON; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MORAINE; QUATERNARY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034999237     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.610     Document Type: Article

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