The shaping of Sydney by its urban geology

Quaternary International

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-55

  Haworth, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SANDSTONE; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 0037233222     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00140-4     Document Type: Article

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