- Title
- Controls on the formation of Wakkerstroom Vlei, Mpumalanga province, South Africa:
- Creator
- Joubert, R
- Creator
- Ellery, William F N
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/144421
- Identifier
- vital:38344
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2012.762897
- Description
- The present study investigated controls on the formation of Wakkerstroom Vlei, an 1 000 ha unchannelled valley-bottom wetland on the South African Highveld. Along the uppermost and lowermost reaches of the wetland, where dolerite outcrops occur along the main valley, hydrogeomorphic features typical of geological control on wetland formation are present, including a meandering river channel, oxbow lakes and greater than 3 m deep organic-poor alluvial fill. Along the main body of the wetland, however, floodplain features are absent, alluvial fill is up to 4.5 m deep and contains up to 2 m deep accumulations of peat. These characteristics deviate from the traditional model of dolerite control on wetland formation described by several other studies on Highveld wetland systems.
- Format
- 17 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African journal of aquatic science
- Relation
- Joubert, R. and Ellery, W.N., 2013. Controls on the formation of Wakkerstroom Vlei, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. African journal of aquatic science, 38(2), pp.135-151.
- Relation
- African journal of aquatic science volume 38 number 2 135 151 June 2013 1727-9364
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