Use of sednet model to establish sediment export targets for catchments of the wet tropics draining to the great barrier reef

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1154-1160

  Hateley, L ^a   Armour, J ^a   Pitt, G ^a   Cogle, L ^a  

^a Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sediment; SedNet; Water quality targets; Wet tropics

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BANK EROSION; BED LOAD; BEEF CATTLE; CATCHMENT AREA; DATA AND INFORMATION; DATA LAYER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCHARGE RATES; EROSION PROCESS; FAR NORTH; FLOWING STREAMS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HILLSLOPE EROSION; HILLSLOPES; LAND AREAS; LAND COVER; LOCAL SCALE; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NORTH QUEENSLAND; PER UNIT; QUALITY TARGETS; REEF WATER QUALITY PROTECTION PLANS; REGIONAL SCALE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDNET; SUBCATCHMENTS; WATER QUALITY PROTECTION; WATER QUALITY TARGETS; WET TROPICS; WET TROPICS WORLD HERITAGE AREA; SEDIMENT GENERATIONS; TOTAL SEDIMENT LOADS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; EROSION; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REEFS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TROPICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; BUDGET CONTROL; LAND USE;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 80053116712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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