Aeolianite and barrier dune construction spanning the last two glacial-interglacial cycles from the southern Cape coast, South Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 1681-1698

  Bateman, Mark D ^a   Holmes, Peter J ^b   Carr, Andrew S ^a   Horton, Benjamin P ^c   Jaiswal, Manoj K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BARRIER DUNES; COASTAL AEOLIANITES; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SPANNING;

GLACIERS;

DEPOSITION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2642585916     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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