Pleistocene coastal palaeogeography in Southwestern Australia - Carbonate and quartz sand sedimentation in cuspate forelands, barriers and ribbon shoreline deposits

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 468-489

  Semeniuk, V ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cuspate foreland; Pleistocene coastal palaeogeography; south western Australia; southern Perth Basin; Swan Coastal Plain

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; CUSPATE FORELANDS; PALAEOSHORELINES; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SWAN COASTAL PLAIN;

EID: 0030620884     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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