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Journal articles on the topic "South East Australian Continental Shelf"

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Huyer, A., RL Smith, PJ Stabeno, JA Church, and NJ White. "Currents off south-eastern Australia: results from the Australian coastal experiment." Marine and Freshwater Research 39, no. 3 (1988): 245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9880245.

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The Australian Coastal Experiment was conducted off the east coast of New South Wales between September 1983 and March 1984. The experiment was conducted with arrays of current meters spanning the continental margin at three latitudes (37.5�, 34.5�, and 33.0�S.), additional shelf moorings at 29� and 42�S. coastal wind and sea-level measurements, monthly conductivity-temperature-depth probe/expendable bathythermograph (CTD/XBT) surveys, and two satellite-tracked buoys. Over the continental shelf and slope, the alongshore component of the current generally exceeded the onshore component, and the subtidal (<0.6 cpd, cycles per day) current variability greatly exceeded the mean flow. Part of the current variability was associated with two separate warm-core eddies that approached the coast, causing strong (>50 cm sec-1), persistent (>8 days), southward currents over the continental slope and outer shelf. Temperature and geostrophic velocity sections through the eddies, maps of ship's drift vectors and temperature contours at 250 m, and the satellite-tracked drifter trajectories showed that these eddies were similar in structure to those observed previously in the East Australian Current region. Both eddies migrated generally southward. Eddy currents over the shelf and slope were rare at Cape Howe (37.5�S.), more common near Sydney (34.5�S.), and frequent at Newcastle (33.0�S.), where strong northward currents were also observed. Near Sydney, the eddy currents over the slope turned clockwise with depth between 280 and 740 m, suggesting net downwelling there. Repeated CTD sections also indicated onshore transport and downwelling at shallower levels; presumably, upwelling occurred farther south where the eddy currents turned offshore. Periodic rotary currents over the continental slope near Sydney and Newcastle indicated the presence of small cyclonic eddies on the flank of a much larger anticyclonic eddy. Between early October and late January, no strong southward currents were observed over the continental margin near Sydney. Data from this 'eddy-free' period were analysed further to examine the structure and variability of the coastal currents. Much of this variability was correlated with fluctuations in coastal sea-level (at zero lag) and with the wind stress (at various lags). The coherence and phase relationships among current, wind-stress, and sea-level records at different latitudes (determined from spectral analysis and frequency-domain empirical orthogonal functions) were consistent with the equatorward propagation of coastal-trapped waves generated by winds in phase with those near Cape Howe. Time-domain empirical orthogonal functions show that the current fluctuations decayed with distance from shore and with depth, as expected of coastal-trapped waves.
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Bax, Nicholas J., Michele Burford, Lesley Clementson, and Stevie Davenport. "Phytoplankton blooms and production sources on the south-east Australian continental shelf." Marine and Freshwater Research 52, no. 4 (2001): 451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf00001.

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During a large-scale ecosystem study on the south-east Australian shelf in spring 1994, we opportunistically sampled a widespread phytoplankton bloom. Thalassiosira partheneia, a small centric diatom, was the primary species in the bloom, indicating that we had sampled the early stage of a typical short-lived spring bloom for the area. Pigment analysis indicated four distinct communities that were coincident with the regional oceanography. The bloom was strongest over the northern shelf where the East Australian Current overlaid uplifted nutrient-rich slope water, but absent at inner stations on the wide southern shelf, where slope water did not reach. The bloom was patchy over the southern outer shelf where slope water was present to the surface and local conditions were influenced by topography. Pigment and stable isotope data indicated that primary production in this area was almost entirely oceanic. A slight trend for seaward enrichment of sediment δ13C is best explained by limited macroalgal growth in shallow waters. There was little fresh organic matter in the sediment even for stations under the bloom, suggesting that the bloom did not reach the seabed directly. The lack of specific zooplankton grazing pigments suggests that zooplankton grazing was minimal.
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Holloway, PE, and HC Nye. "Leeuwin current and wind distributions on the southern part of the Australian North West Shelf between January 1982 and July 1983." Marine and Freshwater Research 36, no. 2 (1985): 123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9850123.

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Observations of the current and wind distributions on the southern part of the Australian North West Shelf between January 1982 and July 1983 are presented. Maps of monthly averages of winds and currents from a variety of locations are presented as well as some time series spanning 19 months of currents and water temperatures from a shelf-slope location and corresponding winds from a coastal station. The main feature of the observations is the strong flow to the south-west parallel to the bathymetry known as the Leeuwin Current. From the observations across the continental shelf, the low-frequency flow is strongest over the shelf break reaching a maximum speed of approximately 0 25 m s-1. The current is strongest between February and June. Reversals of the flow to the north- east are usually weak in strength and of short duration and are associated with strong south-west winds. However, observations of water temperature suggest the north-east currents cause weak upwelling events of cold deep water onto the shelf. The south-east trade winds blow from the south- east between March and August, but are shown to be inefficient in generating longshore currents to the south-west and hence in strengthening the Leeuwin Current.
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Gibbs, Mark T., Patrick Marchesiello, and Jason H. Middleton. "Nutrient enrichment of Jervis Bay, Australia, during the massive 1992 coccolithophorid bloom." Marine and Freshwater Research 48, no. 6 (1997): 473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf97035.

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A numerical simulation of the East Australian Current (EAC) has been used to investigate the nutrification of shelf waters at Jervis Bay, south-eastern Australia, prior to the massive coccolithophorid bloom that was first observed on 16 December 1992. The simulation suggests that a small cold-core eddy developed between the continental slope at Jervis Bay and the EAC jet further offshore during 7 and 14 December 1992. This unstable cold-core eddy is likely to have uplifted cold, nutrient-rich water onto the Jervis Bay shelf, and this upwelling, in combination with upwelling-favourable winds, probably transported nutrients from the deep ocean to the entrance of the bay.
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MITCHELL, KIRSTY D., KATHRYN A. HALL, and JOHN N. A. HOOPER. "A new species of Sigmaxinella Dendy, 1897 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Desmacellidae) from the Tasman Sea." Zootaxa 2901, no. 1 (June 1, 2011): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2901.1.2.

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Sigmaxinella hipposiderus sp. nov. is described from morphological and molecular datasets, based on a single known specimen collected from the upper margin of a submarine canyon on the edge of the continental shelf, south-east of coastal Victoria (Tasman Sea), Australia. Morphologically, the species is clearly assigned to the genus Sigmaxinella, and preliminary molecular data (COI mt DNA) support the close relationship of this new species to other specimens attributed to Desmacellidae. This is the thirteenth species of Sigmaxinella and the seventh described for the Australian EEZ. Remarkably, 12 of the 13 known species are recorded predominantly from temperate or subantarctic Australian, New Zealand or South African waters, with only a single species described so far from the temperate Atlantic Ocean.
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Prince, Jeremy D., and David A. Griffin. "Spawning dynamics of the eastern gemfish (Rexea solandri) in relation to regional oceanography in south-eastern Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 52, no. 4 (2001): 611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf00007.

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Experienced fishers believe the winter aggregations of gemfish are influenced by the following: cold bottom currents from the south and east flowing up onto the shelf; the edge of warm-core eddies; and topographic features along the shelf break. These claims were tested through observations made at sea during industry surveys of the winter gemfish seasons 1996 –98, and the study of 250 m isotherm charts, sea surface temperature data, and historic catch data. The study generally confirmed the anecdotal information collected from the fishers. The first gemfish aggregations of the winter season often form on the southern edge of a warm-core eddy. Secondarily, aggregations tend to form around the northern edge of the warm-core eddy if it is interacting with the shelf break. Finally, gemfish aggregate around the point at which the main flow of the East Australian Current (EAC) detaches from the continental shelf. This timing and location apparently coincides with conditions conducive to the production of subsurface plumes of nutrient-rich deep Sub-Antarctic mode Water. These plumes lead to seasonal enhancement of phytoplankton growth along the edge of the continental shelf, which may offer the adaptive advantage of enhancing the survival and growth of larval gemfish.
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Cresswell, G. "Nutrient enrichment of the Sydney continental shelf." Marine and Freshwater Research 45, no. 4 (1994): 677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9940677.

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Nutrient-rich waters arrived at the continental shelf at Sydney in late January 1992 in two ways: as an intrusion from the nearby continental slope and as a cold upwelled plume originating several hundred kilometres farther north. With the former, an undercurrent flowed northward on the upper continental slope south of where the nearshore edge of a warm anticyclonic eddy separated from the shelf and curved out to sea. The undercurrent rose onto the floor of the shelf and spread shoreward at least to the 60-m isobath as an intrusion of slope water. The other source of nutrients, the upwelled plume from the north, probably resulted from the East Australian Current spreading onto the shelf and driving an Ekman bottom boundary layer shoreward, where it upwelled to the surface and was then advected southward. Very high values of fluorescence at 20-40 m depth in the plume suggested a significant phytoplankton bloom. The plume was not continuous at the surface for the final 100 km of its passage to Sydney, rather taking the form of 40-km-long 'slugs' moving at -0.3 m s-1. It was, however, continuous beneath the surface. From Sydney it was carried out to sea around the perimeter of the anticyclonic eddy.
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Griffin, DA, JH Middleton, and L. Bode. "The tidal and longer-period circulation of Capricornia, Southern Great Barrier Reef." Marine and Freshwater Research 38, no. 4 (1987): 461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9870461.

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Between June and December 1983, nine current meters and three water level recorders were deployed on the continental shelf and slope of the Capricornia Section of the Great Barrier Reef between Fraser Island (25�s.) and the mouth of the Capricorn Channel (23�s.) on the east coast of Australia. Tidal analyses of the hourly data set reveal an amplification of the semi-diurnal tides as they propagate north- westward into the Capricorn Channel. The results of a numerical model of tidal flow show excellent agreement with observations. The daily averaged (non-tidal) currents are highly variable and produce complex circulation patterns, but with a mean flow generally alongshore to the north-west. Comparisons with previous drifter studies and satellite-tracked buoy data suggest that the south-eastward flowing East Australian Current drives a large clockwise eddy, in the lee of the Swain Reefs, located east of the study region. It is postulated that this eddy, in addition to the generally north-westward wind stress, contributes to the north-westward flow within the study region. Temperatures recorded by the deployed instruments and temperature profiles from conductivity-temperature-depth casts confirm that tidal and longer period variablity contribute to upwelling onto the continental shelf.
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Rattray, Alex, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Laurie Laurenson, Shoaib Burq, and Marcus Reston. "Hydro-acoustic remote sensing of benthic biological communities on the shallow South East Australian continental shelf." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 84, no. 2 (September 2009): 237–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.06.023.

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Hallegraeff, GM, and SW Jeffrey. "Annually recurrent diatom blooms in spring along the New South Wales coast of Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 44, no. 2 (1993): 325. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9930325.

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Blooms of phytoplankton (100-280 mg chlorophyll a m-1) occur on the continental shelf off Sydney in the spring of most years. These sudden chlorophyll increases (more than 10 times the normal algal biomass) are due to short-lived diatom blooms that evolve in a predictable sequence from small chainforming species (Nitzschia, Thalassiosira) to large centric species (Lauderia, Rhizosolenia) and eventually to large dinoflagellates (Protoperidinium). Two research cruises (October 1981, September 1984) were conducted to define the longshore extent of this phenomenon. Diatom blooms were widespread along the whole New South Wales coastline, occurring in the 700-km-long region from Cape Hawke in the north (32°S), where the East Australian Current separates from the coast, to Maria Island off Tasmania in the south (43°S). Hydrological mechanisms of these annually recurrent enrichments are related to the action of the East Australian Current and are unlike those triggering spring blooms in temperate European waters. Implications of these diatom blooms for coastal fisheries along the New South Wales coast are briefly discussed.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "South East Australian Continental Shelf"

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Klaer, Neil L., and n/a. "Changes in the structure of demersal fish communities of the South Eastern Australian Ccontinental Shelf from 1915 to 1961." University of Canberra. Resource, Environmental & Heritage Sciences, 2006. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060804.154133.

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Haul-by-haul steam trawler catch and effort data for 1918�23, 1937�43 and 1952�57, which covers a large portion of the history of steam trawling in the Australian South East Fishery, were examined in detail for the first time. There were 64,371 haul records in total. The catch-rate for all retained catch combined shows a strong decline overall, with a brief recovery during World War II, probably due to increased retention of previously discarded species. The fishing fleet moved to more distant fishing grounds and deeper waters as the catch-rate declined. The catch-rates of the main commercial species followed a similar pattern in a number of regions within the fishery. The catchrate of the primary target species � tiger flathead (Neoplatycephalus richardsoni) � dropped considerably from the early, very high, catch-rates. Chinaman leatherjacket (Nelusetta ayraudi) and latchet (Pterygotrigla polyommata) � species that were apparently abundant in the early years of the fishery � virtually disappeared from catches in later years. The appearance of greater catches of jackass morwong (Nemadactylus macropterus), redfish (Centroberyx affinis), and shark/skate during the war and afterwards was probably due to increased retention of catches of these species. The disappearance of certain species from the catch may be due to high fishing pressure alone, or to a combination of fishing pressure, changes in the shelf habitat possibly caused by the trawl gear, and environmental fluctuations. Catch-rates in weight per haul per species were standardised to annual indices of abundance using a log-linear model. Standardised annual index trends for flathead, latchet and leatherjacket indicate a strong to severe decline over the period covered by the data. All species showed seasonal patterns, but the peak season varied depending on the species. The distribution of standardised catch-rate by area also differed greatly by species, and no single area showed consistent differences across all species. Day trawls caught more flathead, redfish and latchet, while night trawls caught more morwong and leatherjacket. Moon phase had less influence on catch-rates than the other factors examined. Correlation of annual index trends with a number of annual mean environmental factors was examined and no strong correlations were found. Annual catches of the major commercial trawl species on the SE Australian shelf were estimated from recorded total trawl catches, catch species composition from subsamples and estimates of the rate of discarding. These annual catches, standardised indices of abundance and biological population parameters were used in single-species stock reduction models to estimate absolute biomass trends. Biological population parameters and the biomass estimates were used to calculate management reference point fishing mortality rates F0.1, Fspr30 and Fmsy. Results showed that simple plausible population models can be constructed that account for catches over the long period of time from 1915 to 1961. Simple mass-balance ecosystem models were built for the demersal community of the SE Australian shelf for 1915 and 1961 using the Ecopath software. Model inputs were consistent with a more comprehensive SE marine ecosystem model in development by CSIRO. The models demonstrate that biomass estimates produced by the single species stock reduction models can be consistently integrated into simple plausible massbalance ecosystem models. Modern stock assessments for the main commercial species in this fishery today mostly used data collected since about 1985. Abundance indices and total catch estimates from this study have been used in the most recent assessments for tiger flathead and morwong, allowing construction of the exploitation history for these species spanning almost 100 years. Use of the historical information has increased confidence in the estimates of the modern stock assessments � particularly management reference points, and has allowed us to quantify changes in fish abundance that have simply been documented anecdotally in the past.
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Edwards, Karen Pehrson Werner Francisco E. "Towards defining larval dispersal and population connectivity on the south east U.S. continental shelf." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,391.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Marine Sciences." Discipline: Marine Sciences; Department/School: Marine Sciences.
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Books on the topic "South East Australian Continental Shelf"

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Dowe, John Leslie. Australian Palms. CSIRO Publishing, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643098022.

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Australian Palms offers an updated and thorough systematic and taxonomic treatment of the Australian palm flora, covering 60 species in 21 genera. Of these, 54 species occur in continental Australia and six species on the off-shore territories of Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Christmas Island. Incorporating recent advances in biogeographic and phylogenetic research, Australian Palms provides a comprehensive introduction to the palm family Arecaceae, with reviews of botanical history, biogeography, phylogeny, ecology and conservation. Thorough descriptions of genera and species include notes on ecology and typification, and keys and distribution maps assist with field recognition. Colour photographs of habit, leaf, flowers, fruit and unique diagnostic characters also feature for each species. This work is the culmination of over 20 years of research into Australian palms, including extensive field-work and examination of herbarium specimens in Australia, South-East Asia, Europe and the USA.
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Book chapters on the topic "South East Australian Continental Shelf"

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Jacobsen, Anne Lif Lund. "The NSW Steam Trawl Fishery on the South-East Continental Shelf of Australia, 1915–1961." In Historical Perspectives of Fisheries Exploitation in the Indo-Pacific, 191–210. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8727-7_10.

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Bowers, David George, and Emyr Martyn Roberts. "4. The tide in shelf seas." In Tides: A Very Short Introduction, 50–64. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198826637.003.0004.

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‘The tide in shelf seas’ describes progressive waves, standing waves, and what happens when a shelf sea is in resonance, using the example of the Gulf of St Vincent off the south Australian coast. It also considers the effect of Earth rotation and tides in shallow water, where the rare feature is double high water or double low water. The great ocean basins are bordered by shallow seas lying on the continental shelves. Shelf seas are generally less than 200 metres deep and vary in width from almost nothing to hundreds of kilometres. It is in these shallow seas and the rivers that flow into them that the most spectacular tides are found.
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LI, RONG, JOEL WATKINS, S. Zellers, and H. T. Da Silva. "Plio-Pleistocene Growth Fault Systems in West and East Cameron and Their South Addition Areas, Offshore Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf." In Rates of Geologic Processes, Tectonics, Sedimentation, Eustasy and Climate - Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration: 14th Annual, 97–100. SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC PALEONTOLOGISTS AND MINERALOGISTS, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.5724/gcs.93.14.0097.

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Kwiatkowska, Barbara. "Fundamental Principle of “Without Prejudice” in Submissions to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) in East, South, West and North Africa." In THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE, 131–72. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199332304.003.0009.

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"Chapter 8. The International Legal Framework and the State Activities Regarding the Continental Shelf Beyond 200-n. Miles in and Adjacent to the East and South China Seas." In Governing Ocean Resources, 163–93. Brill | Nijhoff, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004252486_010.

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Hutchison, Charles S. "The Geological Framework." In The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199248025.003.0011.

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This chapter outlines the principal geological features of the region, extending from Myanmar and Taiwan in the north, southwards to include all the ASEAN countries, and extending as far as northern Australia. The present-day lithospheric plates and plate margins are described, and the Cenozoic evolution of the region discussed. Within a general framework of convergent plate tectonics, Southeast Asia is also characterized by important extensional tectonics, resulting in the world’s greatest concentration of deep-water marginal basins and Cenozoic sedimentary basins, which have become the focus of the petroleum industry. The pre-Cenozoic geology is too complex for an adequate analysis in this chapter and the reader is referred to Hutchison (1989) for further details. A chronological account summarizing the major geological changes in Southeast Asia is given in Figure 1.2. The main geographical features of the region were established in the Triassic, when the large lithospheric plate of Sinoburmalaya (also known as Sibumasu), which had earlier rifted from the Australian part of Gondwanaland, and collided with and became sutured onto South China and Indochina, together named Cathaysia. The result was a great mountain-building event known as the Indosinian orogeny. Major granites were emplaced during this orogeny, with which the tin and tungsten mineral deposits were genetically related. The orogeny resulted in general uplift and the formation of major new landmasses, which have predominantly persisted as the present-day regional physical geography of Southeast Asia. The Indo-Australian Plate is converging at an average rate of 70 mm a−1 in a 003° direction, pushed from the active South Indian Ocean spreading axis. For the most part it is composed of the Indian Ocean, formed of oceanic sea-floor basalt overlain by deep water. It forms a convergent plate margin with the continental Eurasian Plate, beneath which it subducts at the Sunda or Java Trench. The Eurasian continental plate protrudes as a peninsular extension (Sundaland) southwards as far as Singapore, continuing beneath the shallow Straits of Malacca and the Sunda Shelf as the island of Sumatra and the northwestern part of Borneo.
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Wong, P. P. "The Coastal Environment of Southeast Asia." In The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199248025.003.0022.

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Several physical features combine to make Southeast Asia one of the most distinct and unique coastal regions in the world. The mainland or continental part of Southeast Asia consists of a number of peninsulas extending south and southeast from the Asian continent and separated by gulfs and bays. The world’s two largest archipelagos form the islands of Southeast Asia. During much of the Pleistocene, a large part of the South China Sea was dry land, and the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo were linked to the mainland by the exposed shallow Sunda Shelf. Southeast Asia comes under the influence of the monsoons, or seasonal winds, which have an important impact on its coasts. The region is also a high biodiversity zone, characterized by its rich coral reefs and mangroves. This chapter examines the coastal environments of Southeast Asia in three stages. First, the major elements that make the coastal environments of Southeast Asia distinctive are discussed. The focus is on the coastal processes, as the geological framework and Quaternary have been covered in earlier chapters. Secondly, the various coastal environments in the region (excluding estuaries and deltas discussed in Chapter 13) are described next in terms of their extent, characteristics, and significance, with sufficient examples given to show their variability. Finally, the chapter ends with an assessment of the major environmental problems facing the region’s coastal environments—coastal erosion and rising sea level associated with climate change. Overall, this chapter provides the physical basis for a better appreciation of coastal development in Southeast Asia. The coastal environments of Southeast Asia bear the impact of significant geological and climatic factors. Geologically, the core of the region is an extension of the Eurasian Plate meeting the Indo-Australian and the Pacific Plates and two lesser ones (Philippines and Molucca Sea) with mountain chains trending in a general north–south direction. The island of New Guinea is part of the Indo-Australia Plate. Island arcs have developed along the convergent margins, and many are volcanically active and also associated with shallow to deep earthquakes.
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Conference papers on the topic "South East Australian Continental Shelf"

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Gordon, Angus D., and John G. Hoffman. "Sediment Transport on the South-East Australian Continental Shelf." In 19th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. New York, NY: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780872624382.132.

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Swartz, John M., Sean P. S. Gulick, and John A. Goff. "FORMATION OF HEALD BANK ON THE EAST TEXAS INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF: INSIGHTS FROM RECENT GEOPHYSICAL DATA." In 50th Annual GSA South-Central Section Meeting. Geological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2016sc-273680.

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