Controls on the formation of Wakkerstroom Vlei, Mpumalanga province, South Africa:

Joubert, R; Ellery, William F N

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: pdf
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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