Cyclone pumping, sediment partitioning and the development of the Great Barrier Reef shelf system: A review

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 107-135

  Larcombe, P ^a,b   Carter, R M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

CYCLONE PUMPING; SEDIMENT STARVATION;

REEFS;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; CYCLONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 1542291151     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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