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" Australian landscapes / "
edited by P. Bishop and B. Pillans.
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BL
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1017479
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b771849
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Australian landscapes /\ edited by P. Bishop and B. Pillans.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Geological Society of London,, 2010.
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Geological Society special publication ;; 346
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vii, 328 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm.
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1862393141
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: 9781862393141
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: Australian geomorphology into the 21st century / Bishop, P. & Pillans, B. -- A theory (involving tropical cyclones) on the formation of coarse-grained sand beach ridges in NE Australia / Nott, J. -- Sheltered sandy beaches of southwestern Australia / Travers, A. [and others] -- Are the Murray Canyons offshore southern Australia still active for sediment transport? / Schmidt, S. [and others] -- East Australian marine abrasion surface / Thom, B.G. [and others] -- Geoarchaeology in Australia: understanding human-environment interactions, Holdaway, S.J. & Fanning, P.C. -- Ecogeomorphology in the Australian drylands and the role of biota in mediating the effects of climate change on landscape processes and evolution / Dunkerley, D. -- History of Australian aridity: chronology in the evolution of arid landscapes / Fujioka, T. & Chappell, J. -- The Australian desert dunefields: formation and evolution in an old, flat, dry continent / Hesse, P.P. -- Advances in Quaternary studies in Tasmania / Colhoun, E.A. [and others] -- `Of droughts and flooding rains': an alluvial loess record from central South Australia spanning the last glacial cycle / Haberlah, D. [and others] -- Eroding Australia: rates and processes from Bega Valley to Arnhem Land / Heimsath, A.M., Chappell, J. & Fifield, K. -- Tectonic geomorphology of Australia / Quigley, M.C., Clark, D. & Sandiford, M. -- Lithology and the evolution of bedrock rivers in post-orogenic settings: constraints from the high-elevation passive continental margin of SE Australia / Bishop, P. & Goldrick, G. -- Rethinking eastern Australian caves / Osborne, R.A.L. -- Oxygen-isotope dating the Yilgarn regolith / Chivas, A.R. & Atlhopheng, J.R.
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| Abstract
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Australian Landscapes provides an up-to-date statement on the geomorphology of Australia. Karst, desert, bedrock rivers, coasts, submarine geomorphology, biogeomorphology and tectonics are all covered, aided by the latest geochronological techniques and remote sensing approaches. The antiquity and enduring geomorphological stability of the Australian continent are emphasized in several chapters, but the cutting-edge techniques used to establish that stability also reveal much complexity, including areas of considerable recent tectonic activity and a wide range of rates of landscape change. Links to the biological sphere are explored, in relation both to the lengthy human presence on the continent and to a biota that resulted from Cenozoic aridification of the continent, dated using new techniques. New syntheses of glaciation in Tasmania, aridification in South Australia and aeolian activity all focus on Quaternary landscape evolution.
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Geomorphology-- Australia.
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Geomorphologie.
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Geomorphology.
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Landschaftsentwicklung.
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Landskap.
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Australia.
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Australien.
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| Dewey Classification
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551.410994
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GB441.A87 2010
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Bishop, P.
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Pillans, B., (Brad)
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