Kadavu island, Fiji: Fluvial studies of a volcanic island in the humid tropical South Pacific

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-98

  Terry, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL PROCESS; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

FIJI; KADAVU ISLAND;

EID: 0032837726     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00045     Document Type: Article

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