Flood behaviour of the Burdekin River, tropical north Queensland, Australia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 163, Issue , 1999, Pages 27-40

  Alexander, Jan ^a   Fielding, Chris R ^c   Pocock, Geoff D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Queensland Dept of Nat Resources ^*  (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033387950     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.163.01.03     Document Type: Article

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