Evidence for regionally wet conditions before the LGM in southeast Australia: OSL ages from a large palaeochannel in the Lachlan Valley

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-427

  Kemp, Justine ^a,b   Spooner, Nigel A ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Late Quaternary; Luminescence dating; Palaehydrology; Palaeochannels; Quartz OSL

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 34250870664     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1125     Document Type: Article

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