Rapid salt weathering in the coastal Namib desert: Implications for landscape development

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 49-62

  Viles, H A ^a   Goudie, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bath Stone; Granite; Marble; Namibia; Rock breakdown; Salt weathering

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; LIMESTONE; MARBLE; WEATHERING PROFILE; WEATHERING RATE;

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

EID: 33847038707     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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