Stratigraphic architecture resulting from Late Quaternary evolution of the Riverine Plain, south-eastern Australia

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 927-945

  Page, K J ^a   Nanson, G C ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, RIVERINE PLAIN; AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, RIVERINE PLAINE;

EID: 0030431122     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01512.x     Document Type: Article

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