Brisbane airport: An alluvial landscape veiled by marine sediments

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1001-1012

  Ward, W T ^a   Hacker, J L F ^b  

^a University of Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal plains; Holocene; Jarosite; Radio carbon dating; Reflected landscape; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COASTAL PLAIN; GLACIAL LANDFORM; HOLOCENE; JAROSITE; LANDSCAPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33751574235     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090600880933     Document Type: Article

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