Measured hillslope erosion rates in the wet-dry tropics of Cape York, northern Australia: Part 2, RUSLE-based modeling significantly over-predicts hillslope sediment production

Catena

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-17

  Brooks, Andrew ^a   Spencer, John ^a   Borombovits, Daniel ^a   Pietsch, Timothy ^a   Olley, Jon ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Hillslope erosion; RUSLE; Sediment trap; Sediment yield; Tropical Australia

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT YIELD; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84902955097     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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