Sediment sources and channel dynamics, Daly River, Northern Australia

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-174

  Wasson, R J ^a   Furlonger, L ^b   Parry, D ^a   Pietsch, T ^c   Valentine, E ^a   Williams, D ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Rio Tinto Alcan Gove Operations ^*  (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel change; Daly River; Hydrologic change; Sediment sources

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL CHANGE; EROSION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DALY RIVER; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 70849094904     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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