Quantifying fluvial (dis)connectivity in an agricultural catchment using a geomorphic approach and sediment source tracing

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2052-2066

  Wethered, Adam S ^a   Ralph, Timothy J ^a   Smith, Hugh G ^b   Fryirs, Kirstie A ^a   Heijnis, Henk ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downstream channel change; Fallout radionuclides; Sediment connectivity; Sediment mixing; Sediment tracing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CHANNEL CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; FALLOUT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84941424595     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1202-7     Document Type: Article

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