Last glacial maximum to early Holocene wind strength in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere from Aeolian Dust in the Tasman Sea

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-349

  Hesse, Paul P ^a   McTainsh, Grant H ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Quaternary palaeoclimates; Tasman Sea; Wind strength

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; WIND DIRECTION;

TASMAN SEA;

EID: 0033370245     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2084     Document Type: Article

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