Reconstructing historical sediment yields from the infilling of farm reservoirs, Eastern Cape, South Africa

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 440-447

  Foster, Ian D L ^a,b   Boardman, John ^c,d   Gates, John B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Karoo; Reservoir sedimentation; Sediment yields; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ARITHMETIC MEANS; BEST ESTIMATES; CORE CORRELATIONS; INFILLING; KAROO; LOWER LIMITS; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION; RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CORES; SEDIMENT DENSITIES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIFIC SEDIMENT YIELDS; STOCKING DENSITIES; TIME ZONES; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS; UPPER LIMITS;

DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAPS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GPS; INFILL; RECONSTRUCTION; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SLOPE;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 62749098306     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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