Aggradation and incision since the very late Pleistocene in the Naas River, south-eastern Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 66-88

  Eriksson, Mats G ^a   Olley, Jon M ^a   Kilham, David R ^b   Pietsch, Tim ^a   Wasson, Robert J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Fluvial geomorphology; Incision; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Quaternary climate change; River terraces

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; NAAS RIVER; NAMADGI NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 33749669480     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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