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Title: | The infilling of a terminal flood plain-wetland complex | Contributor(s): | Cossart, Robert (author); Thoms, Martin (author) ; Rayburg, Scott (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9647 | Abstract: | Flood plain-wetland complexes are mosaics of physical units and the sediments contained within these various units often display spatial and temporal complexity. This paper reconstructs the environmental history of a mosaic of geomorphic units within a large terminal flood plain-wetland complex in southeastern Australia in order to identify how the sediment character of the mosaic has changed through time. Sediment cores, up to 14 m in depth, were extracted from one flood plain and three lake units. Stratigraphy and multivariate analysis on these cores reveal a complex environmental history with sediment character highly variable in both time and space. All four geomorphic units - lake and flood plain - have undergone a convergent evolution from unique initial states. This study highlights how numerical methods, in association with standard sedimentological techniques, can assist in unravelling the environmental history of a temporally and spatially diverse landscape. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Sediment Dynamics and the Hydromorphology of Fluvial Systems, p. 389-398 | Publisher: | IAHS Press | Place of Publication: | Wallingford, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 1901502686 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 040601 Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960506 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.iahs.info/redbooks/306.htm http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20095286 |
Series Name: | IAHS Publication | Series Number : | 306 | Editor: | Editor(s): John S Rowan, Robert W Duck and Alan Werritty |
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