Deposition of modern fluvio-lacustrine sediments in Lake Abaya, South Ethiopia-A case study from the delta areas of Bilate River and Gidabo River, northern basin

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 138, Issue , 2005, Pages 131-151

  Schütt, Brigitta ^a,b   Thiemann, Stefan ^a,c   Wenclawiak, Bernd ^a,c  

^a FU Berlin ^*

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED LOAD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645507428     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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