Earth’s glacial record

Evidence of another glaciation in the Kaokoveld, a hot desert area of northern Namibia. Here, a Permian-Carboniferous landscape has been preserved for most of its life by younger sediments. These have now been exhumed, revealing classic glacial landforms such as this glacial trough at Omutirapo. MH

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