Depositional environment and OSL chronology of the Homeb silt deposits, Kuiseb River, Namibia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 478-491

  Srivastava, Pradeep ^a   Brook, George A ^a   Marais, Eugene ^b   Morthekai, P ^c   Singhvi, Ashok K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Homeb Silt; Luminescence dating; Namib Desert; Sedimentary environment

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEDIMENTATION; SILT;

AFRICA; KUISEB RIVER; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33646711952     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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