The Kalahari environment:
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Cambridge u. a.
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1991
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| Beschreibung: | XIII, 284 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
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Preface page xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 An introduction to the Kalahari 1
1.1 Problems of definition and delimitation 2
1.2 Definitions and characteristics clarified 4
1.3 Characteristics of the Kalahari Desert environment 11
Part One: The physical background 21
2 Tectonic and geological setting 23
2.1 Tectonic and structural framework 24
2.2 The development of the Kalahari basin 27
2.3 Landscape responses to tectonic development 31
2.4 Pre-Kalahari geology 39
2.5 The Karoo Sequence 44
3 Kalahari sediments 53
3.1 Depositional setting, distribution and thickness 53
3.2 Classification of the Kalahari Group 55
3.3 Lithologies of the Kalahari Group 63
3.4 Kalahari Sand 68
3.5 Duricrusts: calcrete, silcrete and ferricrete 72
3.6 Minor lithological units 80
3.7 The hydrogeology of the Kalahari Group 85
4 Climate, soils and vegetation of the Kalahari 87
4.1 Climatic controls 87
4.2 Climatic characteristics 90
4.3 Vegetation and soils 95
4.4 Vegetation communities 99
4.5 Disturbances affecting Kalahari vegetation and soils 108
Part Two: Geomorphology and environmental change 113
5 The geomorphology of the Kalahari: rivers and lakes 115
5.1 Kalahari landscape overview 115
5.2 The perennial rivers of the Northern Kalahari 116
5.3 The fluvio-lacustrine landscapes of the Middle Kalahari 120
5.4 The ephemeral drainage of the Southern Kalahari 135
6 The geomorphology of the Kalahari: aeolian, pan and
rock landforms 141
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6.1 Aeolian landforms 141
6.2 The southern dunefield 148
6.3 The eastern and northern dunefields 154
6.4 Pans 157
6.5 Rock landforms 162
7 The palaeoenvironmental history of the Kalahari 168
7.1 The historical development of Quaternary studies 168
7.2 Kalahari palaeoenvironments: problems and research
methodology 170
7.3 Environmental change from the Cretaceous to the late
Quaternary 171
7.4 The Kalahari in the late Quaternary 174
7.5 The chronology and climatic scenarios of the late
Quaternary 183
7.6 The Kalahari and palaeoclimatic models 184
Part Three: The human factor 189
8 The Kalahari in the archaeological record 191
8.1 The scope and limitations of the prehistorical record 191
8.2 Later prehistory: the advent of pastoralism 202
9 The Kalahari environment in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries 212
9.1 The nineteenth century: trade, technology and
environmental change 212
9.2 The growth of the cattle industry in the colonial period 216
9.3 The winds of change: political independence and
economic growth 219
9.4 Major environmental issues 227
9.5 The Kalahari in the future 240
Appendices 243
1 Radiometric dates from palaeoclimatic sites in the Kalahari,
including those with geomorphic contexts 245
2 Radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites in the Kalahari
without geomorphic contexts 252
References 255
Index 277
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