Downstream Changes in Floodplain Character on the Northern Plains of Arid Central Australia

Fluvial Sedimentology VI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 93-112

  Tooth, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downstream changes in floodplain character; Downstream changes in floodplain character on Northern Plains of arid central Australia; Fluvial aeolian interactions; Geomorphological and stratigraphical context; Main differences between floodplains in confined and unconfined reaches of rivers on Northern Plains; Sedimentary deposits along Sandover; Sedimentology of unconfined reaches; Surficial floodplain features; Term 'floodplain' humid river floodplains

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND STRATIGRAPHICAL CONTEXT; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

RIVERS;

EID: 84946745558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304213.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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