Some physical and chemical properties of sediments exposed in a gully (donga) in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and their relationship to the erodibility of the colluvial layers

Catena

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-31

  Rienks, Suzanne M ^a   Botha, Greg A ^b   Hughes, Jeff C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Dispersivity; Erodibility; Gullying; Palaeosol; Sediment properties; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GULLY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034723713     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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