Wearing down, wearing back, and Gorge extension in the long-term denudation of a highland mass: Quantitative evidence from the Shoalhaven catchment, southeast Australia

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-232

  Nott, Jonathan ^a   Young, Robert ^a,b   McDougall, Ian ^a,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; FLUVIAL GORGE EXTENSION; HEADWARD EROSION; HIGHLAND MASS; SCARP RETREAT; SUMMIT LOWERING;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SHOALHAVEN GORGE;

EID: 0029756875     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629816     Document Type: Article

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