The last glacial cycle from the humid tropics of northeastern Australia: Comparison of a terrestrial and a marine record

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 155-159

  Moss, Patrick T ^a   Kershaw, A Peter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Late Quaternary; Marine palynology; Rainforest history; Terrestrial palynology; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ARAUCARIA;

EID: 0033963603     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00099-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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