An early Holocene record of rising sea level along a bathymetrically complex coast in southwestern Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 177-193

  Semeniuk, V ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BOUVARD REEFS;

EID: 0029729228     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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