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Brooke, B. | Harris, P. | Nichol, S. | Haese, R. | Heap, A. | Radke, L. | Taylor, P. | Sexton, J. | Arthur, C. | Hazelwood, M.
Abstract
Australia has developed as a maritime nation, from the reliance on coastal seas for transport and trade to the present day where most of the nation's population, industry, tourism and recreation are located along its coasts. In `A Geology of Australia', we discuss how coastal geological features and processes have strongly influenced the pattern of post-colonial settlement and development of Australia, and how our experience of the coast varies radically depending on our location on the continental margin. Examples are provided of the influence of coastal geology on society as well as the impacts people have had on coastal systems.
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- coasts
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- continental shelf
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- palaeogeography
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- marine zone
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- geomorphology
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- marine
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- Earth Sciences
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