Shelf sediments adjacent to the Herbert River delta, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Woolfe, K J ^a   Larcombe, P ^a   Stewart, L K ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grainsize; Great Barrier Reef; Herbert River; Sediment transport; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034112420     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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