Episodic sediment pulses generated by forested flood plain stripping: Bruces Creek, Nadgee state forest, southeastern Australia

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 288, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Webb, Ashley A ^a   Dragovich, D ^b  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catastrophic erosion; Catastrophic floods; Flood plain stripping; Riparian vegetation; Sediment transfer; Southeastern Australia

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

CATASTROPHIC EROSION; CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; FLOOD PLAIN STRIPPING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT TRANSFER; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA;

SEDIMENTS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EROSION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; RIPARIA; TRISTANIOPSIS LAURINA;

EID: 4043136570     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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