Sand and rhodolith-gravel entrainment on the mid- to outer-shelf under a western boundary current: Fraser Island continental shelf, eastern Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 313-330

  Harris, Peter T ^a   Tsuji, Yoshihiro ^b,e   Marshall, John F ^a   Davies, Peter J ^c   Honda, Nobuyuki ^d   Matsuda, Hiroki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Bunduq Co Ltd   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Information Centre for Petroleum Exploration and Production   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT EFFECTS; GRAVEL ENTRAINMENT; RHODOLITH; RHODOLITHS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, FRASER ISLAND; TASMAN SEA, FRASER ISLAND SHELF;

EID: 0029775931     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)83350-0     Document Type: Article

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