Influence of basin connectivity on sediment source, transport, and storage within the Mkabela Basin, South Africa

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 761-781

  Miller, J R ^a   Mackin, G ^b   Lechler, P ^a   Lord, M ^a   Lorentz, S ^c  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; DRAINAGE; EROSION; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SUGAR CANE; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; KWAZULU-NATAL MIDLANDS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PARTICLE MOVEMENT; RESERVOIR DEPOSITS;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONNECTIVITY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

KWAZULU-NATAL; MKABELA BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 84897494134     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-761-2013     Document Type: Article

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