The last interglacial sea level change: New evidence from the Abrolhos islands, West Australia

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 606-614

  Eisenhauer, A ^a   Zhu, Z R ^b   Collins, L B ^b   Wyrwoll, K H ^c   Eichstatter R ^d  

^a Geochemisches Institut   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abrolhos; Australia; Eem; Last interglacial; Milankovitch; Palaeoclimatology; Sea level; TIMS U Th

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CORAL CORE; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATION; SEA LEVEL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, HOUTMAN ABROLHOS ISLANDS;

EID: 0030466255     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02369014     Document Type: Article

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