The drainage of Africa since the Cretaceous

Geomorphology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 437-456

  Goudie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Drainage; Post Cretaceous; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17444417797     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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