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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

15. Central Queensland Region

Author : Andrew D. Short

Published in: Australian Coastal Systems

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The 1800 km central Queensland coastal region trends to the southeast and contains several large bays including the muddy mega-tidal Broad Sound. The coast is also sheltered by the southern Great Barrier Reef and in the south by Fraser Island. It is exposed to a humid sub-tropical climate with the trade winds blowing onshore and delivering low to moderate seas coupled with some low ocean swell in the south, together with seasonal tropical cyclones. A few large rivers and numerous smaller streams deliver terrigenous sediment to the coast and have built deltas, with their quartz-rich sediment transported northwards. Beaches range from tide-modified to tide-dominated, while extensive mangroves fringe the bay shorelines. Barriers range from regressive beach-foredune ridges to massive transgressive dunes. This chapter describes the geology, coastal processes, beaches, barriers and sediment compartments within a framework of sediment compartments.

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Metadata
Title
Central Queensland Region
Author
Andrew D. Short
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Australian Coastal Systems

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-14293-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-14294-0

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14294-0_15