Late Quaternary climates of the Australian arid zone: A review

Quaternary International

Volumn 118-119, Issue , 2004, Pages 87-102

  Hesse, Paul P ^a   Magee, John W ^b   van der Kaars, Sander ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HUMIDITY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1642423850     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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