The upper Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia: A Holocene example of an estuarine bayhead delta

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 263-286

  Nichol, Scott L ^a   Zaitlin, Brian A ^b   Thom, Bruce G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; ESTUARY; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, HAWKESBURY DELTA;

EID: 0030832426     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1997.tb01524.x     Document Type: Article

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