- 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.
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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 natural laboratory for examining the response of coastal barrier landscapes to relative sea-level changes. The region provides direct evidence of coastal sedimentation during successive interglacials over the past 1 million years, as well as more recent volcanism. The region has received international focus and attracted scientists from around the World, with interests in long-term coastal evolution, sea-level changes, Quaternary dating methods and geochronology, soil development, temperate carbonate sedimentation, karst geomorphology and geologically recent volcanism.
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