Aeolian geomorphology of the Namib Sand Sea |
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| Institution: | 1. Technical University of Munich, Centre of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany;2. GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany;3. Nordic Laboratory for Luminescence Dating, Department of Geosciences, University of Aarhus, Risø Campus, Denmark;4. Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, Denmark;5. University of Regensburg, 95053 Regensburg, Germany;6. Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany;1. Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3. Geographisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA;2. Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA |
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| Abstract: | This review is concerned with the aeolian geomorphology of the Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert in Namibia, south-west Africa, concentrating in particular on studies made over the past 50 years. The paper covers: sand sea organisation and dune patterns; and the dynamics of individual dunes. It demonstrates that studies in the Namib Sand Sea have been important to a much wider understanding of the geomorphological development of global sand seas. |
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