The role of moisture in the weathering of the Clarens Formation of the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg: Implications for the preservation of indigenous rock art

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-206

  Meiklejohn, K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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