Evidence of younger dryas and neoglacial cooling in a late quaternary palaeotemperature record from a speleothem in eastern Victoria, Australia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Goede, Albert ^a   McDermott, Frank ^b   Hawkesworth, Chris ^c   Webb, John ^d   Finlayson, Brian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Speleothem; Stable isotope analysis; Uranium series dating; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NEOGLACIAL COOLING; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY (LATE); SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; URANIUM SERIES DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, BUCHAN;

EID: 0029769015     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199601/02)11:1<1::aid-jqs219>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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