Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Murray-Wallace, Colin V. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Sedimentology.; Coasts.; Physical geography.; Coastal Sciences.; Physical Geography.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the Quaternary geological and geomorphological evolution of the Coorong Coastal Plain region and its significance in a global context for understanding long-term records of Quaternary sea-level changes. The Coorong Coastal Plain in southern Australia is a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Historical Background
• 3. Geological and geomorphological environmental setting
• 4. Pleistocene and Holocene Volcanic activity
• 5. Soils, Palaeosols, Calcrete and Karst
• 6. Geochronological framework for the age of the coastal barrier successions
• 7. Neotectonics
• 8. Quaternary sea-level record from the coastal plain
• 9. A self-guided field tour to critical reference sites.