Publications regarding hydrology in the Australian Alps with related data, 1958-1964

 
Containers:
Box 31 (MS 10563)
Component identifier:
File 359
Content Summary:

Two copies of "Catchment hydrology in the Australian Alps. II..." by A.B. Costin, D.J. Wimbush and D. Kerr, 1960. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper no. 14. One copy stamped by plant industry division as number 976.

Pink hardcover notebook labelled "Run-off Plots: Yields. Autumn, 1964" containing data.

Handwritten data labelled "Dense snowgrass" and "Regrowth shrubs (Bossiaea) in Snowgum".

Table labelled "Kosciusko yield data". Annotated in pencil.

Fold-out table with attached note. Table labelled "Table 1 - Plot Data in Relation to Surface Run-Off and Soil Loss", handwritten on accounting paper (taped together) and labelled on reverse as "Productivity K: [Calorific?] Values". Note contains data on plot readings.

Labelled tables regarding vegetation and environmental data in Australian Alps, intertussock spaces and surface soil temperatures near Dainer's Gap, vegetation in water reserve and grazing lease in Kosciusko area.

"Die stoffprduktion der pflanzendecke" (Net primary production of tundra ecosystems) by L.C. Bliss.

Small grey notebook containing data for various locations (eg. Upper Smiggins) in the Australian Alps. Annotated on front, many pages blank.

Immediate source of acquisition:
This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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