Late Quaternary dynamics of a South African floodplain wetland and the implications for assessing recent human impacts

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 278-291

  Tooth, S ^a   Rodnight, H ^a   McCarthy, T S ^b   Duller, G A T ^a   Grundling, A T ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Floodplain; Human impact; Meander; Quaternary; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVULSION; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEANDER; QUATERNARY; WETLAND;

AFRICA; KLIP RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SALIX;

EID: 62949135660     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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