Flood reconstructions in the Namib Desert, Namibia and Little Ice Age climatic implications: Evidence from slackwater deposits and desert soil sequences

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 535-547

  Heine, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Little Ice Age; Namib Desert (Namibia); Palaeofloods; Slackwater deposits

Indexed keywords

FLASH FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10244264679     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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