Onset of aridity in southern Western Australia - A preliminary palaeomagnetic appraisal

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 175-187

  Zheng, Hongbo ^a   Wyrwoll, Karl Heinz ^a   Li, Zhengxiang ^a   McA Powell, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lake Lefroy; Onset of aridity; Palaeomagnetic dating; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032171667     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(98)00019-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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