The sedimentary record of palaeoenvironments and sea-level change in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, through the last glacial cycle

Quaternary International

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-22

  Reeves, Jessica M ^a   Chivas, Allan R ^a   García, Adriana ^a   Holt, Sabine ^a   Couapel, Martine J J ^a   Jones, Brian G ^a   Cendón, Dioni I ^a,b   Fink, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MARGINAL BASIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW WATER;

ARAFURA SEA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CARPENTARIA;

EID: 44149098642     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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