Paleo-megalake and paleo-megafan in southern Africa

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1155-1158

  Podgorski, Joel E ^a   Green, Alan G ^a   Kgotlhang, Lesego ^a   Kinzelbach, Wolfgang K H ^a   Kalscheuer, Thomas ^a   Auken, Esben ^b   Ngwisanyi, Tiyapo ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Aarhus University ^*  (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; BOTSWANA; FRESHWATER BODIES; GROUND BASED; HIGH QUALITY; LAKE SUPERIOR; OKAVANGO DELTA; TIME DOMAIN;

GEOLOGY;

LAKES;

BOREHOLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOPHYSICS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

BOTSWANA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; MAKGADIKGADI; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 84886422063     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34735.1     Document Type: Article

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