A catchment-scale assessment of anabranching in the 143 000 km2 Fitzroy River catchment, north-eastern Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1222-1241

  Amos, Kathryn J ^a,b   Croke, Jacky C ^a   Hughes, Andrew O ^a   Chapman, Joanne ^a   Takken, Ingrid ^a   Lymburner, Leo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anabranching; DEM; Drainage network; Remote sensing; River pattern

Indexed keywords

RUNOFF;

ANABRANCHING; DEM; DRAINAGE NETWORK; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER PATTERN;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; MAPPING; PRECISION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FITZROY RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 48549090852     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1609     Document Type: Article

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