New radiocarbon dates from sapropels in three Holocene lakes of the Coorong coastal plain, southeastern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 825-835

  Mee, A C ^a   McKirdy, D M ^a   Williams, M A J ^a   Krull, E S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal lakes; Coorong; Holocene; Radiocarbon age; Sapropel; South Australia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; HOLOCENE; LAKE; MUDSTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAPROPEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COORONG; NORTH STROMATOLITE LAKE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547099827     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701392697     Document Type: Article

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