Sedimentary facies and geomorphic evolution of a blocked-valley lake: Lake Futululu, northern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1159-1174

  Grenfell, Suzanne E ^a   Ellery, William N ^a   Grenfell, Michael C ^b   Ramsay, Lisa F ^c   Flügel, Tyrel J ^d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blocked valley lake; Floodplain; Sedimentary facies; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RATE; BLOCKED-VALLEY LAKE; ELEVATION DATA; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION; LARGE RIVERS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; ORGANIC CONTENT; ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PEAT ACCUMULATION; PEAT FORMATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; LAKES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PEAT; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKE EVOLUTION; ORTHOPHOTO; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRIBUTARY; VALLEY; WETLAND;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955240590     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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