Storm impact and evolution of a mangrove-fringed chenier plain, Shoal Bay, Darwin, Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 303-321

  Woodroffe, C D ^a   Grime, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chenier plain; Coastal morphodynamics; Mangroves; Northern Territory; Storm

Indexed keywords

CHENIER; COASTAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANGROVE; MUDFLAT; STORM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032788236     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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