King sound and the tide-dominated delta of the Fitzroy river: Their geoheritage values

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-160

  Semeniuk, V ^a   Brocx, M ^b  

^a V and C Semeniuk Research Group   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitzroy river delta; Geoheritage; King sound; Tide dominated delta; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; GEODIVERSITY; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; PLEISTOCENE; SEMIARID REGION; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL RANGE; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; FITZROY RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84857460242     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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