Differential weathering and erosion in an inselberg landscape in southern Zimbabwe: A morphometric study and some notes on factors influencing the long-term development of inselbergs

Geomorphology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 349-368

  Römer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Divergent weathering; Granitoid rocks; Inselbergs; Morphometric analysis; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DOME; EROSION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRANITOID; INSELBERG; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SIMULATION; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34047272148     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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