Age and dynamics of linear dunes in the Namib Desert

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 555-558

  Bristow, C S ^a   Duller, G A T ^b   Lancaster, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Linear dunes; Namib Desert; Optically stimulated luminescence dating

Indexed keywords

LINEAR DUNES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LUMINESCENCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; SANDSTONE;

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

EID: 34250821810     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23369A.1     Document Type: Article

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