A catchment scale assessment of increased rainfall and storm intensity on erosion and sediment transport for Northern Australia

Geoderma

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 350-360

  Hancock, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAESAR; Climate change; Climate variability; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Sediment transport; Soil erosion modelling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAESAR; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; EROSION MODELS; EROSION RATES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MEASURED FIELD; MODEL RESULTS; NON-LINEAR; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE; SOIL EROSION MODELLING; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; STORM INTENSITY; STUDY AREAS;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; STORMS; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68749112771     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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