Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses

Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-356). === Southern Africa’s landscape is characterised by a high plateau (elevation > 1,000 m) bound by escarpments and extensional continental margins, and the region has been influential in the development of geomorphological th...

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Main Author: Decker, John E
Other Authors: De Wit, Maarten
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:
Geology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11706
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-117062020-07-22T05:07:48Z Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses Decker, John E De Wit, Maarten Niedermann, Samuel Geology Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-356). Southern Africa’s landscape is characterised by a high plateau (elevation > 1,000 m) bound by escarpments and extensional continental margins, and the region has been influential in the development of geomorphological theory. However, the evolution of this landscape in response to tectonic and climatic forcing remains poorly understood, and is investigated here though an analysis of the topography and surface exposure history of early Jurassic (~183 Ma) Karoo dolerites. 2015-01-07T13:37:55Z 2015-01-07T13:37:55Z 2010 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11706 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Science Department of Geological Sciences
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Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses
description Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-356). === Southern Africa’s landscape is characterised by a high plateau (elevation > 1,000 m) bound by escarpments and extensional continental margins, and the region has been influential in the development of geomorphological theory. However, the evolution of this landscape in response to tectonic and climatic forcing remains poorly understood, and is investigated here though an analysis of the topography and surface exposure history of early Jurassic (~183 Ma) Karoo dolerites.
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author Decker, John E
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title Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses
title_short Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses
title_full Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses
title_fullStr Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses
title_full_unstemmed Landscape evolution and equilibrium in Southern Africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in Karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses
title_sort landscape evolution and equilibrium in southern africa : insights from cosmogenic noble gases in karoo dolerites and geospatial analyses
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