The timing of climbing dune formation in southwestern Niger: Fluvio-aeolian interactions and the rôle of sand supply

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 10-13, 2003, Pages 1059-1065

  Rendell, Helen M ^a   Clarke, Michèle L ^b   Warren, Andrew ^c   Chappell, Adrian ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DUNE FORMATION;

SAND;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DUNE FORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NIGER; NIGER RIVER;

EID: 0038521512     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00026-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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