A small-scale throughflow outburst in a heterolithic ephemeral channel

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-4

  Bourke, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EPHEMERAL STREAM; OUTBURST; SAND; THROUGHFLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; MUD; SEEPAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; N'DAHLA CREEK; ROSS RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; AUSTRALIA; DESICCATION CRACKS; EPHEMERAL CHANNELS; IN-CHANNELS; MUD LAYER; SMALL SCALE; THROUGHFLOW;

SAND;

EID: 0037284709     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/070802730002     Document Type: Article

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