The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef: Development, Diversity and ChangeCambridge University Press, 17. 5. 2007. This 2007 book reviews the history of geomorphological studies of the Great Barrier Reef and assesses the influences of sea-level change and oceanographic processes on the development of reefs over the last 10,000 years. It presents analyses of recently attained data from the Great Barrier Reef and reconstructions of the sequence of events which have led to its more recent geomorphology. The authors emphasise the importance of the geomorphological time span and its applications for present management applications. This is a valuable reference for academic researchers in geomorphology and oceanography, and will also appeal to graduate students in related fields. |
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... Townsville in 1967). Publications of this purely geomorphological work and a second expedition to the GBR in 1936 refocused geoscientific research away from armchair-based Figure 1.3 Alfred Steers (left) a member of the 1928–29. Figure ...
... Townsville in 1967). Publications of this purely geomorphological work and a second expedition to the GBR in 1936 refocused geoscientific research away from armchair-based Figure 1.3 Alfred Steers (left) a member of the 1928–29. Figure ...
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... Townsville coastal plain (Hopley and Murtha, 1975). The sediments are mainly alluvial and colluvial including numerous abandoned river courses now marked by sandy rises crossing the coastal plain which is dominated by weathered clay ...
... Townsville coastal plain (Hopley and Murtha, 1975). The sediments are mainly alluvial and colluvial including numerous abandoned river courses now marked by sandy rises crossing the coastal plain which is dominated by weathered clay ...
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... Townsville and inside the Palm Islands has on its surface a large number of boulders of porphyritic granite similar to the rocks of adjacent islands. They are concentrated in two. Figure 2.6 Mangroves at the northern end of Hinchinbrook ...
... Townsville and inside the Palm Islands has on its surface a large number of boulders of porphyritic granite similar to the rocks of adjacent islands. They are concentrated in two. Figure 2.6 Mangroves at the northern end of Hinchinbrook ...
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... Townsville Troughs. The Marion Plateau, 77000km2, forms a deep-water extension of the Australian continental shelf. It is bounded on the east by the Cato Trough. Within the Coral Sea it was on the plateaux that reef growth was first ...
... Townsville Troughs. The Marion Plateau, 77000km2, forms a deep-water extension of the Australian continental shelf. It is bounded on the east by the Cato Trough. Within the Coral Sea it was on the plateaux that reef growth was first ...
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... Townsville Troughs and, whilst what is now the inner part of the continental shelf remained a stable block beneath the coastal escarpment, the outer shelf was also formed from a series of rift basins which were filled initially with ...
... Townsville Troughs and, whilst what is now the inner part of the continental shelf remained a stable block beneath the coastal escarpment, the outer shelf was also formed from a series of rift basins which were filled initially with ...
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