Linear Dunes of the Kalahari

World Geomorphological Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 137-141

  Goudie, Andrew ^a   Viles, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optically Stimulate Luminescence; Roll Vortex; Sand Ridge; South West; Thar Desert

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020588928     PISSN: 22132090     EISSN: 22132104     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8020-9_21     Document Type: Chapter

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