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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-265-2015
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Research article
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05 Jun 2015
Research article |
| 05 Jun 2015
Hitting rock bottom: morphological responses of bedrock-confined streams to a catastrophic flood
M. Baggs Sargood
GeoQuEST Research Centre – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
T. J. Cohen
GeoQuEST Research Centre – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
C. J. Thompson
Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
J. Croke
Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Queensland Government, Boggo Road, Dutton Park, Brisbane 4102, Australia
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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Short summary
We document the responses of bedrock-confined rivers to an extreme flood which occurred in southeast Queensland, Australia, in 2011. Through a combination of field- and desktop-based analyses we show that widespread removal of coarse-grained mantle occurred, with boulders up to 4m in diameter being locally mobilised. We show that normalised erosion in this extreme event is scaled to basin area and that this large flood has exposed bedrock steps and straths exposing them to ongoing erosion.
We document the responses of bedrock-confined rivers to an extreme flood which occurred in...
