Airborne dust deposition in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, and its impact on landforms

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 565-577

  Krah, M ^a   McCarthy, T S ^b   Annegarn, H ^b   Ramberg, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dust; Kalahari; Okavango Delta; Semi arid environment

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOODS; SILICA; WIND;

DUST DEPOSITION; FLOOD PLAIN;

DUST;

DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2442680060     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1051     Document Type: Article

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