An Empirically-based sediment budget for the Normanby Basin: Sediment Sources, Sinks & Drivers on the Cape York Savannah
Title | An Empirically-based sediment budget for the Normanby Basin: Sediment Sources, Sinks & Drivers on the Cape York Savannah |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Brooks, AP, Spencer, J, Olley, J, Pietsch, T, Borombovits, D, Curwen, G, Shellberg, JG |
Series Editor | Howley, CM, Gleeson, AL, Simon, A, Bankhead, N, Klimetz, D, Eslami-Endargoli, L, Bouregault, A |
Series Title | Australian Government Caring for our Country - Reef Rescue initiative |
Pagination | 572 |
Date Published | 04/2013 |
Institution | Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University |
City | Brisbane, Queensland Australia |
Type | Report |
ISBN Number | 978-1-922216-04-5 |
Other Numbers | NERP Project 4.5(ext) |
Keywords | alluvial gullies, Cape York, colluvial gullies, empirical model, hill slope erosion, Normanby Basin, sediment budget |
Abstract | ABSTRACTThis project report contributes to the Australian Government’s Reef Rescue program. The project scope included development of a new empirically driven sediment budget model, incorporating improved understanding of water quality management, and undertaking on-ground rehabilitation research. These activities are combined to address the following core questions:
This document describes the development of an empirically driven sediment budget for the catchments draining to Princess Charlotte Bay (PCB). This includes the Laura/Normanby/Kennedy Rivers, the North Kennedy, Hann, Annie Rivers, Saltwater Creek and Stewart River. This budget identifies the major sediment sources, erosion processes, sediment stores and transport pathways for the suspended sediment component of the sediment budget at the catchment scale (i.e. end of system loads). The existing Brodie et al. (2003) sediment budget formulation effectively acted as a hypothesis to guide our data collection. ABOUT THE DOCUMENTThis report is set out as an extended Executive Summary (62pp, main document) that references 17 supporting Appendices. The Appendices are styled according to their intended final audience (eg, some of the papers are pre-formatted for journal publication). Each Appendix is also date-stamped. If you receive a copy from a colleague or other source, you can compare dates. The latest version is always available from this website (except where publisher rights prohibit it). In the listing below you can choose to open any of these documents individually, or download a copy to your local system. You may also download the entire archive (58Mb) |
URL | http://www.capeyorkwaterquality.info/references/cywq-229 |