Sediment transport around Australia - Sources, mechanisms, rates, and barrier forms

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-402

  Short, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Barriers; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; DUNE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALIA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

EID: 77952616392     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1120.1     Document Type: Article

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