Quaternary palynological records from perched lake sediments, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia: Rainforest, forest history and climatic control

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 507-526

  Longmore, Maureen E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; LAKE LEVEL; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOHYDROLOGY; POLLEN ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA; FRASER ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; PODOCARPACEAE; PODOCARPUS;

EID: 0030666249     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96109     Document Type: Article

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