A call for Australian loess

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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-229

  Haberlah, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dust; Loess; Parna; Wind blown

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PLEISTOCENE; SEMIARID REGION; SILT; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

EID: 34447276918     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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