Salinity episodes and their reversal in the late Pliocene of south-western Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 296-304

  Dodson, J R ^a,b   Lu, Huayu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dust load; Pliocene; Salinity; SW Australia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SALINITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744526707     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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