Changes in the rates of floodplain and in-channel bench accretion in response to catchment disturbance, central Queensland, Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-347

  Hughes, Andrew O ^a   Croke, Jacky C ^a   Pietsch, Timothy J ^b   Olley, Jon M ^b  

^a School of Physical Environmental and Mathematical Sciences   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

137Cs depth profiles; Floodplain sedimentation rate; Great Barrier Reef; Human impact; Optical dating; Sediment yield

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION RATE; FLOODPLAIN; GULLY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 70749146857     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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