Timing and response of vegetation change to Milankovitch forcing in temperate Australia and New Zealand

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 161-174

  Dodson, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Milankovitch forcing; New Zealand; Palaeovegetation; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032171299     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00018-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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