A one-dimensional model for simulating armouring and erosion on hillslopes: 2. Long term erosion and armouring predictions for two contrasting mine spoils

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1437-1453

  Sharmeen, Saniya ^a,b   Willgoose, Garry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Parramotta Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Armouring; Erosion; Landform evolution; Mine rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY; ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HILLSLOPE EROSION MODEL; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EROSION;

EROSION; EXTRAPOLATION; LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY; ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ERODIBILITY; EROSION; HILLSLOPE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MINE WASTE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ROCK ARMOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; NORTHPARKES MINE; RANGER MINE;

EID: 34548619651     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1482     Document Type: Article

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