Pans, Playas and Salt Lakes

Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 373-401

  Shaw, Paul A ^a   Bryant, Rob G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes in pan environments; Complex linkages of factors favouring pan and playa initiation and development by erosion; Dating and stratigraphy of lunette dunes landform studies, pans and stratigraphy of lunette dunes; Deflation, originator or contributor in pan development; Idealised diagram of depositional subenvironments in closed arid zone playa basins; Pan hydrology and hydrochemistry deposition on basin floor and basin margins; Pans and playas as palaeoenvironmental indicators; Pans and playas, in hot dryland environments Africa, Australia, Arabia and in western USA; Pans, playas and salt lakes; Playas and pans, important to human populations prehistoric to present day, sources of water and minerals

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DEPOSITION; STRATIGRAPHY;

AEOLIAN PROCESS; ARID ZONES; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEX LINKAGES; DATING AND STRATIGRAPHY OF LUNETTE DUNES - LANDFORM STUDIES, PANS AND STRATIGRAPHY OF LUNETTE DUNES; DEFLATION, ORIGINATOR - OR CONTRIBUTOR IN PAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN POPULATION; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; PAN HYDROLOGY AND HYDROCHEMISTRY - DEPOSITION ON BASIN FLOOR AND BASIN MARGINS; SALT LAKES;

LAKES;

EID: 84884381289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470710777.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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