Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Grab, Stefan. (Editor ), Knight, Jasper. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:World Geomorphological Landscapes,
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Landscapes and Landforms of South Africa – an overview
  • Sandstone Landforms of the Karoo Basin: Naturally Sculpted Rock
  • The Mpumalanga/Limpopo Escarpment: Geology and Fluvial Landforms
  • Landscape and Landforms of the Vredefort Dome: Exposing an Old Wound
  • Geomorphological evolution of the Pilanesberg
  • The Drakensberg escarpment: mountain processes at the edge
  • Rocky shorelines of the Wild Coast
  • The Augrabies Falls region: a fluvial landscape divided in flow but magnificent in spectacle
  • The Richtersveld: an ancient rocky wilderness
  • The Cederberg: a rugged sandstone topography
  • Table Mountain: Wonder of Nature at the Foot of Africa
  • The Cape Winelands
  • The Kruger National Park: geology and geomorphology of the wilderness
  • The Maputaland Corridor: a coastal geomorphological treasure
  • Of dunes, depressions and dry valleys: the arid landscapes of the Kalahari Desert
  • The Western Free State Panfield: a landscape of myriad pans and lunettes
  • The Sterkfontein Caves: geomorphology and hominin-bearing deposits
  • Military Geography: Landscapes of the Anglo-Boer War
  • Geoheritage and geotourism in South Africa.