Preliminary 14C dates on bulk soil organic matter from the Black Creek megafauna fossil site, rocky river, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Radiocarbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 437-443

  Forbes, Matt ^a   Bestland, Erick ^a   Wells, Rod ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

DEPOSITION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3543091018     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200039746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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