Delineation of sediment sources to a coastal wetland in the Great Barrier Reef catchment: Influence of climate variability and land clearing since European arrival

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-206

  Douglas, Grant B ^a   Kuhnen, Mio ^b   Radke, Lynda C ^c   Hancock, Gary ^a   Brooke, Brendan ^c   Palmer, Mark J ^a   Pietsch, Tim ^a   Ford, Phillip W ^a   Trefry, Michael G ^a,d   Packett, R ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Petroleum and Marine Division   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

geochemistry; lagoon; sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862163227     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN09089     Document Type: Article

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