Spatial and temporal dynamics of sediment accumulation and exchange along Strickland River floodplains (Papua New Guinea) over decadal-to-centennial timescales

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Aalto, Rolf ^a,b   Lauer, J Wesley ^c   Dietrich, William E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BANK EROSION; DECADAL VARIATION; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; ENTRAINMENT; EROSION RATE; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSAT; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; STRICKLAND RIVER; WESTERN PROVINCE [PAPUA NEW GUINEA];

EID: 44449115118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000627     Document Type: Article

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