Micro-erosion meter measurements of travertine deposition rates: A case study from louie creek, Northwest Queensland, Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1037-1051

  Drysdale, Russell ^a,c   Gillieson, David ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Karst; Travertine, micro erosion meter

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATE; KARST; MICROEROSION METER; TRAVERTINE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, LOUIE CREEK;

EID: 0031411177     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199711)22:11<1037::AID-ESP800>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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