Development and persistence of an African mire: How the oldest South African fen has survived in a marginal climate

Catena

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-183

  Grundling, P ^a,b   Grootjans, A P ^c,d   Price, J S ^b   Ellery, W N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coastal dunes; Geology; Hydrology; Mire; Peat; Radio carbon dating

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE; HOLOCENE; MIRE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMEABILITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; WATER TABLE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84880788644     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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