A sediment budget for a cultivated floodplain in tropical North Queensland, Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1475-1490

  Visser, Fleur ^a   Roth, Christian H ^b   Wasson, Robert ^c   Govers, Gerard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ACIAR   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Australia; Floodplain; Herbert River; Humid tropics; Sediment budget; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS;

EROSION RATE; SEDIMENT EXPORT; SUBCATCHMENT;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; FLOODPLAIN; HUMID TROPICS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SUGAR CANE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HERBERT RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34548659468     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1475     Document Type: Article

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