Flow chutes in Fowlers Creek, arid western New South Wales, Australia: Evidence for diversity in the influence of trees on ephemeral channel form and process

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-241

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel associated vegetation; Flow chute; Fowlers Creek; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BEDLOAD; CHANNEL FLOW; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GRAIN SIZE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FOWLERS CREEK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 54149114117     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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