Shoreline and beach volume change between 1967 and 2007 at Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-154

  Dawson, John L ^a   Smithers, Scott G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; GIS; Great Barrier Reef; Raine Island; Sand cay; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROGRADATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; RAINE ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954145843     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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