Valley morphology and sediment cascades within a wetland system in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Foothills, Eastern South Africa

Catena

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-35

  Grenfell, Michael C ^a   Ellery, William N ^b   Grenfell, Suzanne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deposition and incision; Disconnectivity; Sediment cascades; Valley morphology; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VALLEY FILL; WETLAND;

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

EID: 64149121208     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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