Geomorphic controls on historical channel planform changes on the lower Pages River, Hunter Valley, Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-307

  Erskine, Wayne D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Artificial cutoffs; Intrinsic geomorphic threshold; Lateral migration; Pattern metamorphosis; River restoration; Transitive threshold

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; ERODIBILITY; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER BANK; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAGES RIVER;

EID: 80052204909     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2011.595768     Document Type: Article

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