Late Quaternary river evolution of floodplain pockets along Mulloon Creek, New South Wales, Australia

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-674

  Johnston, Peter ^a   Brierley, Gary ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alluvium; Australia; Discontinuous watercourse; Floodplain pocket; Holocene; Incised channel; Late Quaternary; New South Wales; River change; Swamp

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATCHMENT; COLONIZATION; FLOODPLAIN; GRAVEL; HOLOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIVER EVOLUTION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STREAM; SUSPENDED LOAD; SWAMP; VALLEY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MULLOON CREEK; NEW SOUTH WALES; SHOALHAVEN;

EID: 33746918382     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl962rp     Document Type: Article

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