Buffers, barriers and blankets: The (dis)connectivity of catchment-scale sediment cascades

Catena

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-67

  Fryirs, Kirstie A ^a   Brierley, Gary J ^b   Preston, Nicholas J ^c   Kasai, Mio ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Disconnectivity; River recovery; Sediment budgets; Sediment cascades; Sensitivity; Switches

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONNECTIVITY; DISTURBANCE; ENTRAINMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LANDFORM; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33947158074     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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