Sediment tracing in the upper Hunter catchment using elemental and mineralogical compositions: Implications for catchment-scale suspended sediment (dis)connectivity and management

Geomorphology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-121

  Fryirs, Kirstie ^a   Gore, Damian ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colmation; Connectivity; Hyporheic zone; Sediment tracing; X ray diffractometry (XRD); X ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF)

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HOLOCENE; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84877664127     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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