Threshold-dominated fluvial styles in an arid-zone mud-aggregate river: The uplands of Fowlers Creek, Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 114-127

  Wakelin King, Gresley A ^a   Webb, John A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Arroyos; Ephemeral streams; Floodplains; Fluvial sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MUD; UPLAND REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FOWLERS CREEK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33847070343     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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