Late Quaternary aeolian dunes on the presently humid Blue Mountains, Eastern Australia

Quaternary International

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-32

  Hesse, P P ^a   Humphreys, G S ^a   Selkirk, P M ^a   Adamson, D A ^a   Gore, D B ^a   Nobes, D C ^b   Price, D M ^c   Schwenninger, J L ^d   Smith, B ^e   Tulau, M ^a   Hemmings, F ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN FEATURE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA; BLUE MOUNTAINS; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 12444260792     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00191-X     Document Type: Article

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