Elemental δ13C at Allen's Cave, Nullarbor Plain, Australia: Assessing post-depositional disturbance and reconstructing past environments

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 779-784

  Turney, C S M ^a   Bird, M I ^a   Roberts, R G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian archaeology; C3 and C4 photosynthetic pathways; Elemental carbon; Human colonisation; Last Glacial Maximum; Stable carbon isotope values

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035673077     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.633     Document Type: Article

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