River channel change following dam removal in an ephemeral stream

Australian Geographer

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-246

  Neave, Mel ^a   Rayburg, Scott ^b   Swan, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Base level lowering; Channel evolution; Channel incision; Knickpoint; Sediment erosion; Stream management

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; DAM REMOVAL; EPHEMERAL STREAM; EROSION; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER ENGINEERING; THALWEG;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 68049096994     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180902978165     Document Type: Article

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