Global deserts and their geomorphological diversity

Geomorphology of Desert Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-20

  Goudie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5719-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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