Spectral properties, iron oxide content and provenance of Namib dune sands

Geomorphology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 219-229

  White, Kevin ^a   Walden, John ^b   Gurney, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Iron oxides; Namib sand sea; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; IRON OXIDE; MAP; MAPPING; PROVENANCE; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 34047248074     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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