The relative importance of landward-directed tidal sediment transport versus freshwater flood events in the Normanby River estuary, Cape York Peninsula, Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 55-78

  Bryce, S ^a   Larcombe, P ^a   Ridd, P V ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Estuary; Holocene; Sediment transport; Tides

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FRESHWATER INPUT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032146646     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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