Observations on a blockstream in the vicinity of Sani Pass, Lesotho highlands, southern Africa

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-257

  Boelhouwers, Jan ^a   Holness, Steve ^b   Meiklejohn, Ian ^c   Sumner, Paul ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blockstream; Lesotho highlands; Slope deposits; Solifluction

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; ROCK BLOCK; SOLIFLUCTION;

LESOTHO; SANI PASS;

EID: 0036825736     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.428     Document Type: Article

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