Landslide-induced river channel avulsions in mountain catchments of southwest New Zealand

Geomorphology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 57-80

  Korup, Oliver ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Avulsion; Channel hillslope coupling; Landslide; River channel

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AVULSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 7444270869     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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