Controls on sediment export from the Waipaoa River basin, New Zealand

Basin Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-252

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a   Gomez, Basil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION; LAND USE CHANGE; MASS BALANCE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

AUSTRALASIA; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 34250367515     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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