Coarse-grained floodplain deposits in the seasonal tropics: Towards a better facies model

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 539-556

  Alexander, Jan ^a   Fielding, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BOREHOLES; DEPOSITS; EMBANKMENTS; FLOODS; LEVEES; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SAND; STORMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; BANKFULL DISCHARGE; EXTREME DISCHARGES; FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS; INTENSE RAINFALLS; NORTH QUEENSLAND; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; FACIES; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; SAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33646441200     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.029     Document Type: Article

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