Denudation rates and water chemistry of selected catchments in eastern Australia and their significance for tropical geomorphology
Abstract
Landform evolution can be studied conveniently
in the context of the complex interaction of geologic
climatic, hydrologic, biotic and pedologic factors
which may be termed the denudation system. Denudation
systems within 47 small catchments relatively free of
human interference in the Cairns- Atherton Tableland and
south-eastern New South Wales areas are compared by
measurement of the rate at which rivers evacuate material
from their catchments . Detailed descriptions of physical
geography and analytical techniques are given to provide
an adequate background for the subsequent interpretation
of results.