The vegetation history of the last glacial-interglacial cycle in eastern New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 735-750

  Williams, Nicola J ^a,c   Harle, K J ^b,d   Gale, S J ^a   Heijnis, H ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Human impact; Lake sediments; Late Quaternary; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AYTHYA AMERICANA; CASUARINACEAE;

EID: 33750420923     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1069     Document Type: Article

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