A catchment-scale model of mountain stream channel morphologies in southeast Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 119-144

  Thompson, Chris ^a   Croke, Jacky ^a   Takken, Ingrid ^a  

^a Environmental and Mathematical Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competence; GIS; Mountain streams; Reach morphology; Stream power

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEVONIAN; GIS; GRANITE; LITHOLOGY; METASEDIMENT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; ORDOVICIAN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 39149117411     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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