Contrasting sedimentation rates in Lake Illawarra and St Georges Basin, two large barrier estuaries on the southeast coast of Australia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 561-577

  Sloss, Craig R ^a   Jones, Brian G ^b   Brooke, Brendan P ^c   Heijnis, Henk ^d   Murray Wallace, Colin V ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid racemisation; Cesium 137; Delta progradation; Geochronology; Lagoonal infilling; Landuse changes; Lead 210

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AMINO ACID; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DELTA; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INFILL; LAGOON; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAD ISOTOPE; PROGRADATION; RACEMIZATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE ILLAWARRA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SAINT GEORGES BASIN;

EID: 82255192690     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9507-z     Document Type: Article

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