Anabranching rivers on the Northern Plains of arid central Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 211-233

  Tooth, Stephen ^a   Nanson, Gerald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvial islands; Anabranching; Arid channels; Floodplain scour; Ridges; Riparian vegetation; River pattern; Sediment transport; Tributaries

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEDLOAD; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033385101     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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