Calcretes, silcretes and intergrade duricrusts

David Nash

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86102-5_13

Calcretes, silcretes and intergrade duricrusts

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Abstract

Calcretes and silcretes are the most widely encountered ‘rocks’ in the Kalahari sandveld that covers much of Botswana. This chapter presents the first holistic overview of current knowledge about these duricrusts at a national scale. It does so by considering the distribution, classification, macromorphology, geochemistry and mineralogy of each duricrust type in turn, alongside various models used to explain their formation. The chapter then reviews our understanding of a variant of duricrust encountered more in the Botswana Kalahari than anywhere else in the world – the silcrete-calcrete intergrade duricrust. The chapter concludes with a summary of knowledge about the age of duricrusts in Botswana before pointing to potential directions for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Landscapes and Landforms of Botswana
Editors	Frank Eckardt
Place of Publication	Heidelberg, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer Nature
Chapter	13
Pages	223-246
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Print)	9783030861018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86102-5_13
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2022

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Name	World Geomorphological Landscapes
Publisher	Springer Nature
ISSN (Print)	2213-2090
ISSN (Electronic)	2213-2104

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Keywords

Calcrete
Silcrete
Geochemical sediments
Kalahari Group
Botswana

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Calcretes, silcretes and intergrade duricrusts

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