Palaeoshorelines on the Australian continental shelf: Morphology, sea-level relationship and applications to environmental management and archaeology

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2017, Pages 26-38

  Brooke, Brendan P ^a   Nichol, Scott L ^a   Huang, Zhi ^a   Beaman, Robin J ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85009112393     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2016.12.012     Document Type: Article

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