Cryptic indicators of provenance from the geochemistry of the Okavango Delta sediments, Botswana

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 123-148

  Huntsman Mapila, P ^a,b   Kampunzu, A B ^a   Vink, B ^a   Ringrose, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

Botswana; Geochemistry; Okavango Delta; Provenance

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13244295444     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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