Downstream hydraulic geometry of rivers in Victoria, Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 302-316

  De Rose, Ronald C ^a   Stewardson, Michael J ^b,c   Harman, Ciaran ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank full discharge; Channel morphology; Hydraulic geometry; Recurrence interval

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MODELING; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; RIVER DISCHARGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 44749094710     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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