Catchment reconstruction - erosional stability at millennial time scales using landscape evolution models

Geomorphology

Volumn 231, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-27

  Hancock, G R ^a   J B C , Lowry ^b   Coulthard, T J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAESAR Lisflood; Catchment; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Sediment transport; SIBERIA

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FLOW MODELING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84921064726     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.10.034     Document Type: Article

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