Holocene sea level fluctuations and the sedimentary evolution of a barrier estuary: Lake Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 943-959

  Sloss, Craig R ^a   Jones, Brian G ^a   Murray Wallace, Colin V ^a   McClennen, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminostratigraphy; Estuarine sedimentation; Holocene chronology; Transgressive deposits

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; ESTUARY; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE ILLAWARRA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 25444435712     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0110.1     Document Type: Article

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