Ephemeral river systems at the Skeleton Coast, NW-Namibia - Sedimentological and geomorphological studies on the braided river dominated Koigab Fan, the Cenozoic succession in the Uniabmond area and comparative studies on fluvio-aeolian interaction between ephemeral rivers and the Skeleton Coast Erg

The Skeleton Coast forms part of the Atlantic coastline of NW Namibia comprising several ephemeral rivers, which flow west-southwest towards the Atlantic Ocean. The area is hyper-arid with less than 50 mm average annual rainfall and a rainfall variability of 72%. Therefore, the major catchment areas...

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Main Author: Krapf, Carmen
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2003
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Online Access:https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/512
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-6013
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-6013
https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/files/512/Krapf-Diss.pdf