The Indarri Falls travertine dam, Lawn Hill Creek, northwest Queensland, Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-418

  Drysdale, R N ^a   Gale, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Karst; Semi arid; Travertine; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; KARST HDYROLOGY; SEMIARID ENVIRONMENT; TRAVERTINE; TROPICS;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, LAWN HILL CREEK, INDARRI FALLS;

EID: 0030680203     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199704)22:4<413::AID-ESP761>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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