Relationships between desert dunes during the late Quaternary in the Lake Frome region, Strzelecki Desert, Australia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-558

  Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E ^a   Bowler, James M ^b   Rhodes, Edward J ^a   Magee, John M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert dunes; Lake Frome; Linear dunes; OSL; Strzelecki Desert

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; EPHEMERAL LAKE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE FROME; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRZELECKI DESERT;

EID: 34250807099     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1120     Document Type: Article

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