Code
01D27112
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Atmospheric sciences
- Geology
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience
- Atmospheric sciences, challenges and pollution
Keywords
land degradation
gully sedimentation
paleoenvironment reconstruction
North East African climate
Project description
In several North Ethiopian gully systems, sediment samples will be gathered for laboratory analysis (dating and extraction of paleoenvironmental data). Secondly, lake-sediment cores will be extracted at gully debris fans in Lake Ashenge. Thirdly, more recent sediments in debris fans will be examined by similar methodology. Finally, contemporary sediment dynamics will be examined by similar methodology. Finally, contemporary sediment dynamics will be examined byintensive study of a few control gullies.