Anastomosing river sedimentation in the Channel Country of central Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 595-619

  Gibling, Martin R ^a   Nanson, Gerald C ^b   Maroulis, Jerry C ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSING RIVER; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031723011     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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