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Author Bourman, Robert P., author.

Title Coastal landscapes of South Australia / by Robert P. Bourman, Colin V. Murray-Wallace and Nick Harvey.

Publication Info. Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource
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computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 3, 2017).
Summary This book aims to assist people in interpreting coastal landforms in South Australia, revealing how the coast has evolved and is continuing to do so under the influences of a range of processes acting upon a variety of geological settings. South Australian coastal landforms include cliffs, rocky outcrops and shore platforms, mangrove woodlands, mudflats, estuaries, extensive sandy beaches, coastal dunes and coastal barrier systems, as well as numerous near-shore reefs and islands. Geologically, the South Australian coast is very young, having evolved over only 1% of geological time, during the past 43 million years since the separation of Australia and Antarctica. It is also very dynamic, with the current shoreline position having been established from only 7000 years ago. This book is a landmark study into the variable character of the South Australian coast and its long-term evolution.
Contents 1. Coastal landscapes of South Australia -- 2. The coast of metropolitan Adelaide -- 3. The Fleurieu Peninsula coast -- 4. The River Murray estuary -- 5. The Coorong coastal plain and the Limestone coast -- 6. The northern Gulf St Vincent tidal coastline (the Sapphire coast) -- 7. The Yorke Peninsula coastline -- 8. The northern Spencer Gulf coast -- 9. The Gulf coast of Eyre Peninsula -- 10. The Bight coast : West coast of Eyre Peninsula -- 11. Kangaroo Island -- 12. Explaining the coastal landscapes of South Australia : a synthesis.
Subject Coasts -- Australia -- South Australia.
Geology -- Australia -- South Australia.
Littoral -- Australie -- Australie-Méridionale.
Géologie -- Australie -- Australie-Méridionale.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Coasts
Geology
South Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhCFWJgdrfF3Cw3F6hT73
Added Author Murray-Wallace, Colin V., author.
Harvey, Nick, 1952- author.
ISBN 9781925261219 (electronic bk.)
1925261212 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000060652757
GBVCP 1008668621

 
    
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