Properties of soil pockets on arid Nama Karoo inselbergs-the effect of geology and derived landforms

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-234

  Burke, Antje ^a  

^a EnviroScience   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Desert soil; Ecological processes; Mountains; Namib Desert; Namibia; Substrate; Topography

Indexed keywords

DESERT SOIL; GEOLOGY; INSELBERG; SOIL PROPERTY; SUBSTRATE;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

NAMA;

EID: 0036464094     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0907     Document Type: Article

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