Morphology, hydrology, and evolution of the anastomosing Ovens and King Rivers, Victoria, Australia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1212-1224

  Schumm, S A ^a   Erskine, Wayne D ^b   Tilleard, John W ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ID and A Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; MORPHOLOGY; OVENS; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOOD DISCHARGE; MEANDER WAVELENGTHS; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; STEEP GRADIENTS; STREAM PATTERNS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA; CHANNEL NETWORK; DIFFERENT AGES; PALEO CHANNEL;

RIVERS; OVENS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOODING; FLUID FLOW; MEANDER; OUTFLOW; OVERBANK FLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; ANASTOMOSING CHANNEL; CHANNEL NETWORK; FLUVIAL SYSTEM; RIVER EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; KING RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVENS RIVER; RIVERINE PLAIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030450240     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1212:MHAEOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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