Fluvial response to late Quaternary climate change in NE Queensland, Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-136

  Thomas, Michael F ^a   Nott, Jonathan ^b   Murray, Andrew S ^c   Price, David M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Debris flows; Humid tropics; Late Quaternary environments; Queensland geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMID TROPICS; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAIRNS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34447104832     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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