Desert pavement development on the lake shorelines of Lake Eyre (South), South Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 154-163

  Al Farraj, Asma ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Desert pavement; Lake Eyre (South); Lake shore; Salt weathering; South Australia

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BOULDER; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DESERT; DESICCATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SALINE LAKE; SHORELINE; SILCRETE; WEATHERING PROFILE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 48849085434     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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