Downstream hydrogeomorphic changes along the Macquarie River, southeastern Australia, leading to channel breakdown and floodplain wetlands

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-64

  Ralph, Timothy J ^a   Hesse, Paul P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allogenic river hydrology; Avulsion; Channel breakdown; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Floodplain wetlands; Macquarie Marshes

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORPHOMETRY; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRIBUTARY; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE MARSHES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77951937802     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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