Lake Nuga Nuga: A levee-dammed lake in Central Queensland, Australia

Geographical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-261

  Finlayson, Brian ^a   Kenyon, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floodplain lakes; Levee dammed lakes; Pollen analysis; Sediment dating; Sediment delivery

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; LEVEE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE NUGA NUGA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34548060369     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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