A 13-year record of erosion on badland sites in the Karoo, South Africa

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1964-1981

  Boardman, John ^a,b   Favis Mortlock, David ^a   Foster, Ian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Badlands; Dam sedimentation; Erosion pins; Karoo; Overgrazing; Soil erosion; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; EROSION; EXTRAPOLATION; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER RESOURCES; WEATHERING;

BADLANDS; DAM SEDIMENTATION; EROSION PINS; KAROO; OVERGRAZING; SOIL EROSION; SOUTH AFRICA;

LANDFORMS;

BADLANDS; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EROSION RATE; HOLOCENE; LAND DEGRADATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84945278072     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3775     Document Type: Article

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