The imprinting of aridity upon a lateritic landscape: An illustration from southwestern Australia

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1207-1218

  Gilkes, Bob ^a   Lee, Sam ^a   Singh, Balbir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Lateritic landscape; Regolith; Silcrete; SW Australia

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LATERITE; PALEOCLIMATE; REGOLITH; SILCRETE; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 0347460663     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2003.10.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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