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On the antiquity of the Namib / J. D. Ward

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: South African Journal of Science. p. 175-183 maps; tables ; Vol.79 No.5Publication details: Johannesburg : Durand & Bowden., 1982Description: 10 pages : maps, tables; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 184 South African Journal of Science
Summary: An indepth investigation is carried out to determine whether the Namib desert is young or one of the oldest deserts in the world as mentiodut in many publications. The current arid to extreme arid regime is a geologically youthfull feature which has developed probably progressively from the late tertiary. An early to Middle Tertiary desert sand sea is inferred for the Southern and Central Namib, pre-dating the full establishment of the Benguela Current system in Late miocene times
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An indepth investigation is carried out to determine whether the Namib desert is young or one of the oldest deserts in the world as mentiodut in many publications. The current arid to extreme arid regime is a geologically youthfull feature which has developed probably progressively from the late tertiary. An early to Middle Tertiary desert sand sea is inferred for the Southern and Central Namib, pre-dating the full establishment of the Benguela Current system in Late miocene times

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