Tributary valley impoundment by trunk river floodplain development: A case study from the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg foothills, eastern South Africa

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2029-2044

  Grenfell, Michael Cyril ^a   Ellery, William ^a   Grenfell, Suzanne Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Geomorphic control; Trunk tributary relations; Wetland origin and geomorphic evolution

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD-PLAIN DEVELOPMENT; GEOMORPHIC CONTROL; POTENTIAL HABITATS; RIVER COURSE; SEDIMENT DELIVERIES; SEMI-ARID; SOUTH AFRICA; TRUNK-TRIBUTARY RELATIONS;

RIVERS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MUDSTONE; RIVER ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE; TRIBUTARY; WETLAND;

AFRICA; DRAKENSBERG; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 63049100314     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1652     Document Type: Article

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