Holocene palynology of five wetland basins in the Becher Point area, southwestern Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-154

  Semeniuk, C A ^a   Milne, L A ^b   Semeniuk, V ^a   Ladd, P G ^c  

^a V and C Semeniuk Research Group   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Becher Point; Holocene; Palynology; South western Australia; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASIN EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BECHER POINT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BAUMEA ARTICULATA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; ISOLEPIS NODOSA; MELALEUCA; SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS; TYPHA; XANTHORRHOEA PREISSII;

EID: 33847367010     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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