Movement of hydrological fronts and widespread erosional events in the southwestern Tasman sea during the Late Quaternary

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-112

  Wells, P E ^a,b   Connell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dating; Hiatus; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoceanography; Polar Front; Quaternary; Subtropical Convergence; Tasman Sea

Indexed keywords

LATE QUATERNARY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; POLAR FRONT; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); SEDIMENTATION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE;

TASMAN SEA;

EID: 0030927433     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099708728297     Document Type: Article

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