Soil chronosequence development in dunes on the southeast African coastal plain, Maputaland, South Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 162-163, Issue , 2007, Pages 111-132

  Botha, Greg ^a   Porat, Naomi ^b  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DUNE; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SOIL PROFILE;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MAPUTALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847690310     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.028     Document Type: Article

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