Late Holocene temperature record from southwestern Australia: Evidence of global warming from deep boreholes

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-166

  Appleyard, Steve J ^a  

^a Department of Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Borehole temperatures; Climate proxies; Global warming; Holocene; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22944472053     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500100028     Document Type: Article

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