Glacial/interglacial variations of sedimentation on the West Australian continental margin: Constraints from excess 230Th

Marine Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 11-30

  Veeh, H H ^a   McCorkle, D C ^b   Heggie, D T ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Paleo oceanography; Sedimentation; Th 230; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034658650     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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