A Record of fluvial aggradation in the Northern Namib Desert during the Late Quaternary

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 133, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-18

  Srivastava, Pradeep ^a,b   Brook, George A ^a,b   Marais, Eugene ^a,c  

^a University of Georgia ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Khutnib River; Luminescence dating; Namib Desert; Relict sediments

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DESERT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

AFRICA; KHUMIB RIVER; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 11244250186     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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