Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems: An Approach to Reading the Landscape

Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems: An Approach to Reading the Landscape

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fryirs, Kirstie A ^a   Brierley, Gary J ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118305454     Document Type: Book

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