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A decade of surface change on a Namib linear dune
Author(s) -
Livingstone Ian
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290180708
Subject(s) - desert (philosophy) , geology , scale (ratio) , pleistocene , physical geography , sand dune stabilization , geomorphology , geography , paleontology , cartography , philosophy , epistemology
Survey data from return visits to a linear dune in the Namib Desert provide information about change in dune form over a decade. The data demonstrate that, although change on these large features is slow, there is none the less considerable movement over this time‐scale. The dunes are therefore confirmed to be currently active and not Pleistocene relics.