Juxtaposed beach ridges and foredunes within a ridge plain - Wonga Beach, northeast Australia

Marine Geology

Volumn 307-310, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-116

  Forsyth, Anthony J ^a   Nott, Jonathan ^a   Bateman, Mark D ^b   Beaman, Robin J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach ridge; Complex barrier; Foredune; Storm deposit; Tropical cyclone record

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL BARRIER; COMPLEX BARRIER; FINE-GRAINED SAND; FOREDUNE; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH INTENSITY; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-INTENSITY; QUEENSLAND; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEACHES;

BEACH RIDGE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84861457066     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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