Some peculiarities in the drainage‐systems of the Australian continent

Browne, William Rowan

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“…Further detail as to their extent and modification has been given by Browne (1934), Burvill (1947), Jutson (1950), Bettenay (1962), Bettenay et al (1964, and Morgan (1965). Woolnough (1919) regarded the valleys in which the salt lakes occur as having been cut following rejuvenation of the drainage of an almost flat peneplain after uplift of the lateritized, Tertiary, Old Plateau of Western Australia, and Jutson (1917) interpreted them as the sumps in an endoreic drainage system.…”

Section: Physiography and The Major Drainage Divisionsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Soil and landscape studies in Western Australia

Mulcahy

Bettenay

1972

Journal of the Geological Society of Australia

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The main features of climate and geology relevant to a discussion of the soils and landscapes of Western Australia are briefly reviewed. The pattern of drainage is described in terms of six drainage divisions, each with characteristic physiography and soils. In the interior, this involves a reconstruction of an ancient drainage system, based on the maps of the Atlas of Australian Soils. It is shown, on a continental scale, that the major divides are characterised not only by deep, chemically weathered, often lateritic profiles, but also by extensive sandy deposits derived from these preweathered materials.

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Section: Physiography and The Major Drainage Divisionsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Soil and landscape studies in Western Australia

Mulcahy

Bettenay

1972

Journal of the Geological Society of Australia

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“…Consequently there is more reference to DaneS' writings about these matters than to his karst papers. He is mentioned with approval by both protagonists (Jardine 1925a,b;Stanley 1927;Süssmilch 1938) and antagonists (Marks 1913(Marks , 1924(Marks , 1931Browne 1934) of the dominant views of Andrews and Taylor. Inveighing against chair and map-bound physiographers, Marks (1924) praises Danes for his 'eight months field work, much of it far from beaten tracks' and for the way he 'clearly distinguishes between observations of fact and theoretical deductions therefrom'.…”

Section: O F Time and Placementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This applies, for example, to Danes' claim that closed basins were characteristic of the surface of eastern Australia prior to Tertiary uplift. It is true that Jardine (1925b) stated that the evidence for such a former basin was lacking in the Russell, Johnstone and Barron catchments and, whilst approving Danes' rejection of warping as a cause of the closed basins which do exist, Browne (1934) cast implicit doubt on the origin that Danes envisaged for them himself. So this question needs taking up once more in the light, for example, of the great age shown for the similar Lake George basin in New South Wales in recent unpublished palaeomagnetic and stratigraphic work by Opdyke, Bowler and Singh.…”

Section: O F Time and Placementioning

confidence: 99%

Of Time and Place. Essays in Honour of O.H.K. Spate.

Boutilier¹,

Jennings²,

Linge³

1982

Pacific Affairs

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Cover photograph The front cover picture is of John Harrison's fourth timekeeper completed in 1759. This kept sufficiently accurate time on board ship to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. A replica was made for use aboard Resolution during Captain Cook's second voyage (1772-5). On 19 July 1775 it was noted in the log: We made land about Plymouth, Maker Church, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Bore North 100° West distant 4 leagues. This bearing and distance show that the error of the watch in longitude was only 7 minutes 45 seconds, that is, less than 6 miles too far to the West.

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“…Inland of the Meckering Line there is thus a sparse, open drainage network, with extensive chains of salt lakes in the trunk valleys regarded as the remnants of ancient rivers (Gregory 1914;Browne 1934). Those valleys running westwards form the main drainage of the area, and have been shown in Figure 10.2 as a connected system, since there is still flow along these courses, though only in exceptionally wet years.…”

Section: Drainage and Landscape Zonationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Landform Studies from Australia and New Guinea

Douglas¹,

Jennings²,

Mabbutt³

1969

The Geographical Journal

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He is a graduate in Geography of the University of Wales and came to Tasmania in 1954; since then his main work has been on the morphogenesis of coastlines, for which he gained his doctorate at the University of Birmingham. His approach to the geomorphology of Tasmania has been mainly a morphoclimatic one. D r M. J. J. Bik, is a Senior Research Scientist of the Geographical Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa. He studied physical geography in the University of Amsterdam where his doctoral dissertation treated of the glacial landforms and deposits in part of the Austrian Alps. As Geomorph ologist with the Division of Land Research, CSIRO, he took part in a resources survey in New Guinea on which this essay is based.J. G. Speight, Research Scientist, Division of Land Research, CSIRO, gradu ated in Geology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and had some training in river hydrology before coming to Australia. His studies of river behaviour arise from regional surveys in Papua and New Guinea and from a broader concern with quantitative geomorphology. D avid S. Simonett, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Kansas, has strong interests in geomorphology and soil-forming processes in the humid tropics.

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Some peculiarities in the drainage‐systems of the Australian continent

Cited by 9 publications

References 1 publication

Soil and landscape studies in Western Australia

Soil and landscape studies in Western Australia

Of Time and Place. Essays in Honour of O.H.K. Spate.

Landform Studies from Australia and New Guinea

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