Holocene sea-level change on the southeast coast of Australia: A review

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 999-1014

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Holocene estuarine sedimentation; Incised valleys; Relative sea level change; Southeast Australia; Transgressive deposits

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MOLLUSC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 36349001128     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607082415     Document Type: Review

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