Geomorphological palaeoenvironments of the Sneeuberg Range, Great Karoo, South Africa

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 801-813

  Holmes, P J ^a   Boardman, J ^b   Parsons, A J ^c   Marker, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Karoo; Sediments; South Africa; Valley fills

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VALLEY FILL;

EID: 0346461759     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.799     Document Type: Article

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