Guano-derived deposits within the sandy cave fills of naracoorte, South Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 129-146

  Forbes, Matthew S ^a   Bestland, Erick A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bat guano; Cave sediments; Naracoorte; Nitrogen isotopes; Phosphate minerals; South Australia; XRF geochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350070290     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506859     Document Type: Article

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