Climatic and sea level controls on Late Quaternary eolian activity on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-263

  Carr, Andrew S ^a   Thomas, David S G ^b   Bateman, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eolian sediments; Luminescence dating; Quaternary environments; Sea level change; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

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

EID: 33644588851     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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