Evidence of Late Cenozoic uplift and climate change in the stratigraphy of the Macquarie River valley, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-290

  Tomkins, K M ^a   Hesse, P P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Climate change; Escarpment; Landscape evolution; Macquarie River valley; New South Wales; Quaternary; Rifted margins; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESCARPMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 3042771960     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0952.2004.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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