The urban geology of Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Quaternary International

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Nott, Jonathan F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CYCLONE; GEOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM DEPOSIT; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; CAIRNS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0037227169     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00142-8     Document Type: Article

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