The Mesozoic–Cenozoic interior sag basins of Central Africa: The Late-Cretaceous–Cenozoic Kalahari and Okavango basins

Rare earth and trace element geochemistry of termite mounds in central and northeastern Namibia: Mechanisms for micro-nutrient accumulation

“…The lithology of the Caprivi Strip (sites CA1, CA2, KM1, KM2, KR and LL) and the Sonop Research Station (site SO) primary consists of Cretaceous to Karoo sedimentary rocks, with crystalline igneous rocks, aeolian sands, sandstones, duricust and sandy or calcareous pans (Boocok and van Straten, 1962;Scholes, 1997;Thomas et al, 2000). The Caprivi Strip is also exposed to both aeolian and fluvial deposition and the pedological cover is predominately fersiallitic and alluvial soils with high ferricrete and ferruginous sandstone contents (Krug, 2004;Haddon and McCarthy, 2005). Silcrete and calcrete are also found around the Zambezi River of the Caprivi Strip (SACS, 1980).…”

New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa

“…It is situated on the uplands that lie along the escarpment, to the east and above the Namaqualand sandveld of the coastal plain, and extends from just south of Steinkopf [S29° 15' E17° 44'] in the north, almost to Bitterfontein [S31° 02' E18° 15'] in the south. The arid conditions were intensified by the uplift of the eastern escarpment around 15 MYA and again between 3-5 MYA (Haddon & McCarthy 2005). This latter event obstructed most rain from the east and may have driven more recent speciation events.…”

Lithostratigraphy of the Kalahari Group in northeastern Namibia

“…The mechanism for the deposition of Kalahari Beds and their origin is under discussion and for further information the reader is referred to Moore and Dingle (1998), Shaw (1990, 1991), Thomas (1987Thomas ( , 1988 and Haddon and McCarthy (2005).…”