A Holocene record of coastal landscape dynamics in the eastern Kimberley region, Australia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 163-174

  Proske, Ulrike ^a   Heslop, David ^a   Haberle, Simon ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal development; Holocene; Kimberley; Mangrove; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CORE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84896548378     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2691     Document Type: Article

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