Late Quaternary siliciclastic/carbonate sedimentation model for the Capricorn Channel, southern Great Barrier Reef province, Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 107-123

  Bostock, H C ^a   Opdyke, B N ^a   Gagan, M K ^a   Fifield, L K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capricorn Channel; carbonate sediment; climate; glacial interglacial; Great Barrier Reef; northeast Australia; physiography; sea level; siliciclastic sediment

Indexed keywords

CAPRICORN CHANNEL; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLIMATE; GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL; GREAT BARRIER REEF; NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA; PHYSIOGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENT;

BATHYMETRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDE MINERALS; PATIENT MONITORING; QUARTZ; REEFS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; WATER LEVELS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MODELING; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STABLE ISOTOPE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAPRICORN CHANNEL; CORAL SEA; FITZROY RIVER; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 58649118649     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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