Composition and distribution of seabed and suspended sediments in north and central Torres Strait, Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2174-2187

  Heap, Andrew D ^a   Sbaffi, Laura ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marine sediment; Sediment geochemistry; Sediment sources; Terrigenous sediment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIEBACK; FORAMINIFERA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLLUSC; SEAFLOOR; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

TORRES STRAIT;

FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 50849108514     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.025     Document Type: Article

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