Channel-floodplain connectivity during an extreme flood event: Implications for sediment erosion, deposition, and delivery

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1444-1456

  Croke, Jacky ^a   Fryirs, Kirstie ^b   Thompson, Christopher ^a,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel floodplain linkages; Extreme event; Hydrological and sedimentological connectivity; Lateral connectivity; Lockyer valley

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTREME EVENTS; HYDROLOGICAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LATERAL CONNECTIVITY; LOCKYER VALLEY; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOCKS (FASTENERS); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

FLOODS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CHANNEL; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LIDAR; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; LOCKYER VALLEY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84890201204     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3430     Document Type: Article

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