Influence of climate fluctuations and changes in catchment land use on Late Holocene and modern beach-ridge sedimentation on a tropical macrotidal coast: Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 195-208

  Brooke, Brendan ^a   Ryan, David ^a   Pietsch, Tim ^b   Olley, Jon ^b   Douglas, Grant ^b   Packett, Robert ^c   Radke, Lynda ^a   Flood, Peter ^d  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

coastal sediment; Fitzroy River estuary; Great Barrier Reef; Holocene climate; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; QUARTZ; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; FITZROY RIVER ESTUARY; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HOLOCENE CLIMATE;

LAND USE;

ACCUMULATION; BEACH RIDGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; LAND USE CHANGE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; FITZROY RIVER; GREAT BARRIER REEF; KEPPEL BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 43449108551     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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