Sediment source tracing in the Thina catchment, Eastern Cape, South Africa

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 356, Issue , 2012, Pages 404-411

  Rowntree, Kate ^a   Mzobe, Pearl ^a   Van Der Waal, Bennie ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gully erosion; Land degradation; Magnetic signatures; Sediment tracing; Watershed restoration

Indexed keywords

GULLY EROSION; LAND DEGRADATION; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; SEDIMENT TRACING; WATERSHED RESTORATION;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LITHOLOGY; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SOILS;

SEDIMENTS;

BASALT; CATCHMENT; CORE ANALYSIS; DAM; DEPOSITION; ERODIBILITY; FLOOD; GULLY EROSION; LAND DEGRADATION; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MUDSTONE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TYPE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TRACER; WATERSHED;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883264623     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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