Microclimate and weathering in the central Namib Desert, Namibia

Geomorphology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 189-209

  Viles, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granite; Marble; Rock surface microclimate; Rock surface wetness; Temperature; Weathering

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; MARBLE; MICROCLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

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

EID: 16244407382     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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