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

Ellery, William F N; Grenfell, Suzanne E; Grenfell, Michael C; Humphries, M S; Barnes, K; Dahlberg, S; Kindness, A

Title: Peat formation in the context of the development of the Mkuze floodplain on the coastal plain of Maputaland, South Africa:
Creator: Ellery, William F N, Grenfell, Suzanne E, Grenfell, Michael C, Humphries, M S, Barnes, K, Dahlberg, S, Kindness, A
Date: 2012
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/144354
Identifier: vital:38338
Identifier: DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.009
Description: This paper examines the geomorphological and sedimentological development of blocked-valley lakes in the Mkuze floodplain on the coastal plain of Maputaland, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Blocked tributary valley lakes north of the floodplain become progressively shorter, broader, and less linear toward the eastern (downstream) end of the east–west oriented Mkuze floodplain. Clastic sediment forms surface sedimentary fill in tributary valleys in the west, while peat predominates tributary valley fill in the east. Two contrasting adjacent tributary valleys were examined, the more western Yengweni dominated by clastic sediment at the surface, and the more eastern Totweni with peat.
Format: 10 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Geomorphology, Ellery, W.N., Grenfell, S.E., Grenfell, M.C., Humphries, M.S., Barnes, K., Dahlberg, A. and Kindness, A., 2012. Peat formation in the context of the development of the Mkuze floodplain on the coastal plain of Maputaland, South Africa. Geomorphology, 141, pp.11-20., Geomorphology volume 141 number 0 11 20 March 2012 1872-695X
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