Dayas: Distribution and morphology of dryland solutional depressions developed in limestones

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-159

  Goudie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Daya; Drylands; Dunes; Karst; Solution

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; DUNE; KARST; LIMESTONE; MORPHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TERTIARY;

EID: 78549232301     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054-0010     Document Type: Article

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