From landform to process: Morphology and formation of lake-bed barchan dunes, Makgadikgadi, Botswana

Geomorphology

Volumn 161-162, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Burrough, Sallie L ^a   Thomas, David S G ^a,b   Bailey, Richard M ^a   Davies, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barchan dunes; Landscape dynamics; Makgadikgadi pans; Morphometry; OSL

Indexed keywords

BARCHAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DUNE FIELD; DUNE FORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGING METHOD; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BOTSWANA; MAKGADIKGADI;

EID: 84861636916     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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