The long-term stability of engineered landforms of the Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Territory, Australia: Application of a catchment evolution model

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-259

  Willgoose, Garry ^a   Riley, Steves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alligator Rivers Region; Australia; Erosion rates; Hillslope model; Mine easte; Uranium mine rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE MODEL; LANDFORM STABILITY; URANIUM MINE;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, RANGER URANIUM MINE;

EID: 0031803412     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199803)23:3<237::AID-ESP846>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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