Geomorphological contributions to palaeolimnology on the African continent

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-298

  Burrough, Sallie L ^a   Thomas, David S G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beach Ridge; Lake; Multiproxy; OSL; Quaternary; Shoreline

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BEACH RIDGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SHORELINE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA;

EID: 56249086800     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.015     Document Type: Review

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