The geomorphological evolution of a wave-dominated barrier estuary: Burrill Lake, New South Wales, Australia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 229-249

  Sloss, Craig R ^a   Jones, Brian G ^b   McClennen, Charles E ^c   de Carli, John ^b   Price, David M ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminostratigraphy; Estuarine sedimentation; Holocene geochronology; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURRILL LAKE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33646598008     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.029     Document Type: Article

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