Fossil features of mulga Acacia aneura landscapes: Possible imprinting by extinct Pleistocene fauna

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 396-402

  Noble, James C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Burrowing Bettong; Geochronology; Mulga; Surface soil features

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ANEURA; ANEURA; BETTONGIA LESUEUR;

EID: 0040441839     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1999.041     Document Type: Article

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