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Geomorphology of the lower Mary River Plains, Northern Territory / C.D. Woodroffe and M.E. Mulrennan.

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1993

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Woodroffe, Colin D,
Mulrennan, Monica,

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Darwin : Published jointly by the Australian National University North Australian Research Unit and the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

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The extent and morphology of the Lower Mary River plains have changed markedly during the Holocene. Drilling, radiocarbon dating and pollen analysis indicate a transgressive phase that began about 7000 years ago as the rising seas flooded a prior valley, 6-9 m below present sea level.

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Bibliography: pages 129-135.

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Geomorphology -- Australia -- Mary River Region (N.T.), Tidal flat ecology -- Australia -- Mary River Region (Qld.)

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https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733714477

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