Spatial and temporal variations in bank erosion on sand-bed streams in the seasonally wet tropics of northern Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1080-1099

  Saynor, Mike J ^a,b   Erskine, Wayne D ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank profile form; Channel planform; Deposition; Erosion pins; Process dominance zones

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; EROSION; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

BANK PROFILE FORM; CHANNEL PLANFORM; EROSION PINS; PROCESS DOMINANCE ZONES;

RIVERS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; EROSION; RIVERS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BANK EROSION; EROSION RATE; GULLY EROSION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SANDBANK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALLIGATOR RIVERS; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ALLIGATOR;

EID: 33747404214     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1310     Document Type: Article

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