Unravelling patterns of reworking in lowstand shelf deposits using amino acid racemisation and radiocarbon dating

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 685-697

  Murray Wallace, C V ^a   Ferland, M A ^a   Roy, P S ^b   Sollar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RACEMIZATION; CARBON-14 DATING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOWSTAND; LOWSTAND DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; REWORKING;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030437498     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-3791(96)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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