Sediment yield changes in the semi-arid Karoo: A palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of sediments accumulating in Cranemere reservoir, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-146

  Foster, Ian D L ^a   Rowntree, Kate M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cs 137; Karoo; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Pb 210; Sediment yield; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885731991     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: 18641687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2012/S-00108     Document Type: Article

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