The luminescence chronology of dune development on the Maputaland coastal plain, southeast Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1024-1046

  Porat, Naomi ^a   Botha, Greg ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COALESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS;

DECALCIFIED AEOLIANITE; LUMINESCENCE CHRONOLOGY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PLAIN; DUNE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOEUSTACY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

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

EID: 43849110318     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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