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| Type: | Thesis |
| Title: | A beach sand study of the Fleurieu Peninsula |
| Author: | Farrell, B. L. |
| Issue Date: | 1968 |
| School/Discipline: | School of Physical Sciences |
| Abstract: | Heavy mineral sand accumulations are prominent along the Fleurieu Peninsula coastline. The mineralogy of the accumulations was determined along with compositional variations and distribution of the mineral species in average back beach samples. Mechanical analysis of the back beach samples showed that the median, sorting and skewness varied between southern and western coastlines. The southern coastline samples appeared to be finer grained, better sorted and less skewed. Provenance of the heavy mineral content of the sand differs for the respective coastlines of the peninsula. The southern coastline reflects the Cambrian metamorphic terrain while the western coastline reflects the pre-Cambrian inliers and the Tertiary. |
| Dissertation Note: | Thesis (B.Sc.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Physical Sciences, 1968 |
| Where: | St Vincent Basin, South Australia |
| Keywords: | heavy mineral sands; beach sands; provenance; sedimentary processes; marine coastlines |
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| Appears in Collections: | School of Physical Sciences |
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