Composition and textural variability along the 10 m isobath, Great Barrier Reef: Evidence for pervasive northward sediment transport

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-335

  Lambeck, A ^a   Woolfe, K J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grainsize analysis; Great Barrier Reef; Inner continental shelf; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; FLUVIAL PROCESS; LAGOON; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034029184     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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