Nott, Jonathan (2013) Coarse clast ridge sequences as suitable archives for past storm events? Case study on the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28 (2). pp. 210-212.

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Abstract

Scheffers et al. (2012) have undertaken a study of the origins of coral rubble ridges on the Abrolhos Islands off the south-west Western Australian coast. Based on this study, in a temperate setting, they have attempted to make comparisons with and draw conclusions about the origin of both coral rubble and sand beach ridges in tropical Australia, which is a vastly different climatic and oceanographic setting. In so doing they have made a series of flawed assertions and display a lack of understanding of the processes leading to the formation of tropical cyclone constructed ridges in northern Australia and the methodologies used to derive magnitude and frequency records of tropical cyclones from these ridge sequences.

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