A catchment scale evaluation of the SIBERIA and CAESAR landscape evolution models

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 863-875

  Hancock, G R ^a   Lowry, J B C ^b   Coulthard, T J ^c   Evans, K G ^a,b   Moliere, D R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d Bureau of Mereorology   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAESAR; Catchment; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Sediment transport; SIBERIA; Soil erosion modelling

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAESAR; CATCHMENT SCALE; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; EROSION RATES; FIELD DATA; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HILLSLOPES; INPUT PARAMETER; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; NORTHERN TERRITORIES; PROCESS REPRESENTATION; RELATIVE STRENGTH; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SIBERIA; SIMULATION TIME; SLOPE PROCESS; SOIL EROSION MODELLING; SOIL EROSION RATE; TIME AND SPACE; TIME-SCALES;

BIOLOGY; CATCHMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 77954356190     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1863     Document Type: Article

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