Application of sediment studies to the management and planning of water resources in the Sydney region

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 337, Issue , 2010, Pages 229-237

  Sim, Anna K ^a   Erskine, Wayne D ^a   Drysdale, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood frequency; Multi decadal hydrological variability; Sediment cores; Water resources

Indexed keywords

DECADAL PERIODS; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; LARGE CITIES; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; MULTI-DECADAL HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PRIMARY SOURCES; RAINFALL EVENT; RIVER VALLEY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT CORES; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; WET AND DRY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLANNING; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; DEPOSITION; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNITUDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY RIVER; NEPEAN RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 79952640785     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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