Water chemistry and effect of evapotranspiration on chemical sedimentation on the Mkuze River floodplain, South Africa

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 555-565

  Humphries, M S ^a   Kindness, A ^a   Ellery, W N ^a,b   Hughes, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemical precipitation; Floodplain wetland; Solute retention

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRON; LANDSCAPE; MINERALOGY; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SATURATION; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA; SMECTITE; SOLUTE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

BOTSWANA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MKUZE; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952105889     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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