Glaciation in Southern Africa and in the Sub-Antarctic

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 1081-1085

  Hall, Kevin ^a,b   Meiklejohn, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drakensberg mountains; French sub antarctic; Heard island; Marion island; South georgia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959827596     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00078-7     Document Type: Book

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