A tenfold increase in the orange river mean Holocene mud flux: Implications for soil erosion in South Africa

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-122

  Compton, John S ^a   Herbert, Caren T ^a   Hoffman, M Timm ^a   Schneider, Ralph R ^b   Stuut, Jan Berend ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Erosion; Holocene; Orange River; Soil; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EROSION RATE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HOLOCENE; MUDFLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL EROSION;

ORANGE RIVER;

EID: 75849130312     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609348860     Document Type: Article

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