An examination of the spatial variation of surficial sediment characteristics in the Howison's Poort Reservoir

Title: An examination of the spatial variation of surficial sediment characteristics in the Howison's Poort Reservoir
Creator: Weaver, Alex van Breda
ThesisAdvisor: Stone, Andrew
Subject: Howison's Poort Reservoir
Subject: South Africa
Subject: Sedimentation and deposition
Date: 1979
Type: text
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:4790
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001890
Description: From Introduction: Lakes, estuaries and man-made water impoundments can be considered as intervening basins which provide for the temporary storage both of sediment and of water. Because of the potential energy of soil in elevated positions and because of the kinetic energy of water flowing under the influence of gravity, eroded material is eventually transported to the lowest possible level, i.e. the ocean deeps, or some intervening basin. This denudation process may be compared with Newton’s second law of thermodynamics which states that each system tends to move in the direction of lowest energy. Sedimentation in intervening basins may be seen as part of the natural process of landscape evolution. The rates at which sedimentation occurs may be strongly influenced by the activities of man.
Format: 157 leaves, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Geography
Language: English
Rights: Weaver, Alex van Breda

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