Rock-surface temperatures of basalt in the Drakensberg alpine environment, Lesotho

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Grab, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryogenic thresholds; High Drakensberg; Rock temperatures; Topographic settings

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BASALT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMAFROST; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; DRAKENSBERG; LESOTHO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547892253     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2007.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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