Climate variability during the Last Glacial Maximum in eastern Australia: Evidence of two stadials?

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 787-802

  Petherick, Lynda ^a   McGowan, Hamish ^a   Moss, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic isotope maximum; Dust; Eastern Australia; Last Glacial Maximum; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUST; INTERSTADIAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; PROVENANCE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 66049123060     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1186     Document Type: Article

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