Late Quaternary hillslope evolution recorded in eastern South African colluvial badlands

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 199-212

  Clarke, M L ^a   Vogel, J C ^b   Botha, G A ^c   Wintle, A G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Hillslope evolution; Luminescence dating; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HILLSLOPE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038440797     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00461-9     Document Type: Article

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