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The breakdown of solid rock into smaller particles and its removal by wind. It may occur on any soil whose surface is dry, unprotected by vegetation (to bind it at root level and shelter the surface) and consists of light particles. The mechanisms include straightforward picking up of dust and soil particles by the airflow and the dislodging or abrasion of surface material by the impact of particles already airborne. (Source: ALL)
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1982. Solutional and wind erosion forms on limestone in the central Namib Desert. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
26 (2) 197-207
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| Solutional and wind erosion forms on limestone in the central Namib Desert.pdf | 5.95 MB |
1984. Characteristics and occurrence of wind erosion features in the Namib Desert. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 9 (5) 469-478
2014. The formation of the Namib Sand Sea inferred from the spatial pattern of magnetic rock fragments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 395 168-172
2004. The role of antelope trampling on scarp erosion in a hyper-arid environment, Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments 58 (4) 545-557
1938. Aus dem Sedimentstammbaum eines Trockengebietes (Beobachtung aus der südlichen Namib, Südwestafrika). Geologische Rundschau
29 (3-5) 334-347
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01806893
2009. Global Deserts and Their Geomorphological Diversity. Geomorphology of Desert Environments 9-20
1991. Soil properties affecting wind erosion. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 46 (2) 112-118
Website link:http://www.jswconline.org/content/46/2/112.extract
2007. Single-grain cosmogenic 21Ne concentrations in fluvial sediments reveal spatially variable erosion rates. Geology 36 (2) 159-162
Website link:http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/36/2/159.abstract
2007. Severe wind phenomena in Southern Africa and the related damage. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 95 (9 - 11) 1065 - 1078
Website link:http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1315
1988. Tertiary events in the Tumas River basin, central Namib Desert: geology and geomorphology of the Naarip plain. 137-164
2019. Unusual Namibian fairy circle patterns in heterogeneous and atypical environments. Journal of Arid Environments (164) 85-89
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.01.017
2017. Iron and nutrient content of wind-erodible sediment in the ephemeral river valleys of Namibia. Geomorphology 290 335-346
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| Iron and nutrient content of wind_erodible sediment in the ephemeral river valleys of Namibia.pdf | 2.15 MB |
2000. Soil erosion - causative factors, extent and prevention. Agri-Info 6 (1) 8-14
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| Soil erosion_causative factors_extent and prevention.pdf | 607.17 KB |
2000. Soil erosion - causitive factors, extent and prevention. Agri-Info
6 (1) 8-14
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| AgriInfo6_1_2000_Soil erosion.pdf | 616.46 KB |
2001. Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment, Southern Africa. Ameriacan Journal of Science
301 326-358
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| Slow Rates of Rock Surface Erosion and Sediment Production across the Namib Desert and Escarpment_2001.pdf | 2.53 MB |
2007. The economic impact of climate change in Namibia: How climate change will affect the contribution of Namibia's natural resources to its economy.
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| Namibia EEP discussion paper.pdf | 1.14 MB |