A GIS-based reconstruction of late Quaternary paleohydrology: Lake Eyre, arid central Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-13

  DeVogel, Stephen B ^a   Magee, John W ^b   Manley, William F ^a   Miller, Gifford H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital Elevation Model; Geographic Information System; Lake Eyre; Lake Frome; Lake Gregory; Lake levels; Monsoon; Paleo shorelines

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LAKE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; LAKE FROME; LAKE GREGORY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1242276656     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00690-4     Document Type: Article

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