Channel adjustment following the crossing of a threshold: Tarcutta Creek, southeastern Australia

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-311

  Page, K J ^a   Carden, Y R ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; TRIBUTARY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TARCUTTA CREEK;

EID: 0032450769     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8470.00058     Document Type: Article

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