Rock weathering characteristics as relative-age indicators for glacial and post-glacial landforms on marion island

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-157

  Sumner, Paul ^a   Nel, Wernwe ^a   Holness, Stephen ^b   Boelhouwers, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; WEATHERING;

INDIAN OCEAN; MARION ISLAND;

EID: 0242574677     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2002.9713766     Document Type: Article

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