Causes and consequences of long-term climatic variability on the Australian continent

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1274-1283

  Kershaw, Peter ^a   Moss, Patrick ^a,b   Van Der Kaars, Sander ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Biomass burning; Climate variability; Drought; Quaternary environments; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038645153     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01085.x     Document Type: Review

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