Are mima-like mounds the consequence of long-term stability of vegetation spatial patterning?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 409, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-83

  Cramer, Michael D ^a   Barger, Nichole N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuweltjies; Hogwallows; Murundus; Nabkhas; Pimple mounds; Prairie mounds

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DEFLATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84944865523     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.026     Document Type: Review

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