Holocene development of the lower Mary River plains, Northern Territory, Australia

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 565-579

  Mulrennan, M E ^a   Woodroffe, C D ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coastal morphodynamics; Estuarine geomorphology; Holocene; Mangroves; Northern Territory; Palaeochannels; Tropical palacohydrology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HOLOCENE;

AUSTRALIA; MARY RIVER; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0031741378     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398676885724     Document Type: Article

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