History and processes of gully initiation and development in eastern Australia

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 105, Issue , 1996, Pages 91-109

  Prosser, Ian P ^a   Winchester, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GULLY EROSION; GULLY FORMATION; LAND DEGRADATION; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA, (EAST);

EID: 0030464808     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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