Chronology of Murrumbidgee river palaeochannels on the Riverine Plain, southeastern Australia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-326

  Page, Kenneth ^a   Nanson, Gerald ^b   Price, David ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Palaeochannel evolution; Quaternary climate change; Riverine Plain; Thermoluminescence dating

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY; LAST GLACIAL; PALAEOCHANNEL EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER;

EID: 0030424205     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199607/08)11:4<311::aid-jqs256>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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