Episodic fluvial activity of inland rivers in southeastern Australia: Palaeochannel systems and terraces of the Lachlan River

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 732-752

  Kemp, J ^a   Rhodes, E J ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; ANABRANCHING; ARID CLIMATES; AUSTRALIA; BANKFULL DISCHARGE; FLUVIAL RESPONSE; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOLOCENES; INLAND RIVERS; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MEANDERING CHANNEL; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SNOWMELT RUNOFF; TIME-SCALES;

CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURFACE DISCHARGES; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCHANNEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRACE;

AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN RIVER; MURRAY BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 76449090869     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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