Cenozoic river profile development in the Upper Lachlan catchment (SE Australia) as a test quantitative fluvial incision models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  van der Beek, Peter ^a   Bishop, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedrock rivers; Fluvial incision models; Landscape evolution; River long profile development; SE Australia

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CENOZOIC; EROSION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; INCISED VALLEY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; UPPER LACHLAN RIVER;

EID: 18144443385     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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