Granite landforms of the central Namib

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages 17-38

  Migoń, Piotr ^a   Goudie, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Namib; Granite landforms

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; LANDFORM; LITHOLOGY; WEATHERING;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0141873018     PISSN: 03005402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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