Do suspended sediment and bedload move progressively from the summit to the sea along Magela Creek, northern Australia?
Soil erosion rates on plots of waste rock at Ranger uranium mine and basin sediment yields have been measured for over 30 years in Magela Creek in northern Australia. Soil erosion rates on chlorite schist waste rock are higher than for mica schist and weathering is also much faster. Sediment yields...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-03-01
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Series: | Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
Online Access: | https://www.proc-iahs.net/367/283/2015/piahs-367-283-2015.pdf |