RB 84/00087 Coastal sedimentation in the vicinity of the Port Wakefield Proof Range.
Published: 01 Oct 1984 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

Vibrocores and observations from within the intertidal zone demonstrate that only limited coastal sedimentation has occurred during the Holocene. Morphological development of the coast has been contained and controlled by older lithologies. Large...

Vibrocores and observations from within the intertidal zone demonstrate that only limited coastal sedimentation has occurred during the Holocene. Morphological development of the coast has been contained and controlled by older lithologies. Large areas of apparent supratidal origin are calcreted tidal flats of an earlier (Glanville Formation) high sea level phase.

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Record No rb8400087
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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      Geographic Locality: Port Wakefield;Spencer Gulf
      Doc No: RB 84/00087

      Geographic Locality: Port Wakefield;Spencer Gulf Doc No: RB 84/00087

      Language English
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      Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8400087
      Citation Belperio, A.P. 1984. RB 84/00087 Coastal sedimentation in the vicinity of the Port Wakefield Proof Range. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
      https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8400087

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