Sea-level indicators from a Holocene, tide-dominated coastal succession, Port Pirie, South Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 125-135

  Barnett, E J ^a   Harvey, N ^a   Belperio, A P ^b,c   Bourman, R P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Mines and Energy Resources South Australia   (Australia)

^c Minotaur Gold   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facies boundaries; Holocene sea level indicators; Prograding coastal sequence; Tidal zonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001613823     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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