Pleistocene Lake Brachina: A preliminary stratigraphy and chronology of lacustrine sediments from the central Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-69

  Cock, B J ^a   Williams, M A J ^a   Adamson, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvium; Arid environment; Carbon dating; Flinders Ranges; Lacustrine sediments; Late Pleistocene; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033078701     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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