Magnetic susceptibilities of lake sediment and soils on the shoreline of Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 488, Issue , 2002, Pages 81-88

  Boar, R R ^a   Harper, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffer zones; Cyperus papyrus; Environmental magnetism; RAMSAR; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SAND; SILT; SOILS;

HORTICULTURE;

SEDIMENTS;

HABITAT LOSS; LAKE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REEDBED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE (NONMARINE); SOIL EROSION;

KENYA;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS;

EID: 0037565077     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023357910441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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