Linear dune accumulation chronologies from the southwest Kalahari, Namibia: challenges of reconstructing late Quaternary palaeoenvironments from aeolian landforms

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 1667-1681

  Stone, A E C ^a   Thomas, D S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AEOLIAN LANDFORMS; DUNE CONSTRUCTION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; LATE-QUATERNARY;

SAMPLING;

CHRONOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LUMINESCENCE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 51249087710     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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