Peat formation in the context of the development of the Mkuze floodplain on the coastal plain of Maputaland, South Africa

Geomorphology

Volumn 141-142, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-20

  Ellery, W N ^a   Grenfell, S E ^b   Grenfell, M C ^c   Humphries, M S ^d   Barnes, K ^d   Dahlberg, A ^e   Kindness, A ^d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blocked valley lakes; Carbon sequestration; Coastal plain wetlands; Floodplain development; Peat formation; Tributary impoundment

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; COASTAL PLAIN; FILL; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPOUNDMENT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PEAT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRIBUTARY; VALLEY; WETLAND;

KWAZULU-NATAL; MAPUTALAND; MKUZE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856420870     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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