Gully erosion is an environmental problem recognized as one of the worst land degradation
processes worldwide. Insight into regional gully perturbations is required to combat the …

Abstract The Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains are southern Africa's highest and lie at a crucial
interface between the sub-continent's drier, colder, more seasonal interior and its …

Soil erosion is one of the most challenging environmental issues in the world, causing
unsustainable soil loss every year. In South Africa, several episodes of gully erosion have …

Gully erosion has been identified as a severe land degradation process with environmental
and socio‐economic consequences. Identifying areas susceptible to gully erosion will aid in …

Abstract The Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains are southern Africa's highest and give rise to
South Africa's largest river, the Orange-Senqu. At Melikane Rockshelter in highland Lesotho …

Interpretations of the allogenic and autogenic controls on dryland alluvial successions are
commonly hampered by incomplete knowledge of the sedimentology of modern dryland …

This thesis is underpinned by two aims. The first and most important is to fill a spatial gap in
our understanding of the late Pleistocene archaeology of southern Africa. This aim is met by …

Southern Africa displays a high topography but paradoxically exhibits tectonic stability and
low denudation rates. Here the present controls on denudation in southern Africa are …

Connectivity has been altered in many landscapes world‐wide and impacts the routing of
water and sediment. Diminished ecological infrastructure can result in a reduced ability to …

The Sneeuberg uplands in the eastern Karoo are wetter than lowland sites with> 400 mm of
rainfall. For over 150 years, until recently, they have been overgrazed: largely by sheep. The …