Fluvial deposition on the Shoalhaven deltaic plain, Southern New South Wales

Australian Geographer

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-234

  Young, R W ^a   White, K L ^b   Price, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluvial deposition; Palaeochannels; Shoalhaven delta; Terraces; TL dating; Tsunami impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001010655     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189608703169     Document Type: Article

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