Sandstone geomorphology of the golden gate highlands national park, South Africa, in a global context

Koedoe

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Grab, Stefan W ^a   Goudie, Andrew S ^a,b   Viles, Heather A ^a,b   Webb, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CLIMATE EFFECT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GPS; MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SLOPE;

FREE STATE; GOLDEN GATE HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79957668695     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v53i1.985     Document Type: Article

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