Mega-Lake in the Kalahari: a Late Pleistocene record of the Palaeolake Makgadikgadi system

SL Burrough, DSG Thomas, RM Bailey - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
A distinct series of beach ridges marking the former shorelines of large inter-connected
lacustrine basins in the Kalahari can be clearly identified from Landsat imagery and Shuttle …

Late Quaternary lake-level fluctuations in the Mababe Depression: Middle Kalahari palaeolakes and the role of Zambezi inflows

SL Burrough, DSG Thomas - Quaternary Research, 2008 - cambridge.org
A systematic drilling and optical dating programme on Middle Kalahari beach ridge (relict
shoreline) sediments has enabled the identification of multiple episodes of lake high stands …

The evolution and ages of Makgadikgadi palaeo-lakes: consilient evidence from Kalahari drainage evolution south-central Africa

AE Moore, FPD Cotterill… - South African Journal …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Makgadikgadi Pans in northern Botswana are the desiccated relicts of a former
major inland lake system, with fossil shorelines preserved at five distinct elevations (~ 995 …

Multiphase quaternary highstands at lake Ngami, Kalahari, northern Botswana

SL Burrough, DSG Thomas, PA Shaw… - Palaeogeography …, 2007 - Elsevier
Large lake basins, now almost entirely devoid of water in the Kalahari's semi arid
environment, can be clearly identified from Landsat imagery of northern Botswana. These …

Holocene fluctuations of Lake Ngami, Middle Kalahari: chronology and responses to climatic change

PA Shaw, MD Bateman, DSG Thomas, F Davies - Quaternary International, 2003 - Elsevier
Lake Ngami, a 3000km2 basin at the distal end of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, has a
complex suite of shorelines ranging from the lake sump at 919m asl up to 945m asl, linked to …

Late Quaternary hydrological dynamics in the Middle Kalahari: forcing and feedbacks

SL Burrough, DSG Thomas, JS Singarayer - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The Kalahari region has become a major source of Quaternary palaeoenvironmental data
derived primarily from the analysis of geomorphological proxies of environmental change …

Late Quaternary highstands at Lake Chilwa, Malawi: frequency, timing and possible forcing mechanisms in the last 44 ka

DSG Thomas, R Bailey, PA Shaw, JA Durcan… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
The extensive shoreline deposits of Lake Chilwa, southern Malawi, a shallow water body
today covering 600km2 of a basin of 7500km2, are investigated for their record of late …

Radiocarbon chronology of late Quaternary lakes in the Kalahari, southern Africa

K Heine - Catena, 1978 - Elsevier
Some radiocarbon dates concerning the late Quaternary development of the southern
Kalahari and the Ngami-Makgadikgadi area are given. The southern Kalahari is …

Late Quaternary paleoenvironments in the southwestern Kalahari

N Lancaster - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 1989 - Elsevier
Landforms of the southwestern Kalahari in southern Africa include linear dune systems,
pans and associated lunette dunes and the valleys of ephemeral rivers. Present day …

Late Quaternary fluvial activity in the dry valleys (mekgacha) of the Middle and Southern Kalahari, southern Africa

PA Shaw, DSG Thomas, DJ Nash - Journal of Quaternary …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Kalahari dry 'fossil'valleys (mekgacha) have been little used in palaeoenvironmental
reconstruction, partly because the origins and functions of the valleys are a subject of …