Aminostratigraphy and thermoluminescence dating of coastal aeolianites and the later Quaternary history of a failed delta: The River Murray mouth region, South Australia

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-49

  Murray Wallace, Colin V ^a   Bourman, Robert P ^b   Prescott, John R ^c   Williams, Frances ^c   Price, David M ^a   Belperio, Antonio P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Minotaur Resources Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolianite; Amino acid racemization; Aminostratigraphy; Coastal sedimentation; Luminescence dating; Quaternary sea level changes; River Murray; Southern Australia

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DATING METHOD; DUNE FIELD; FAN DELTA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTERSTADIAL; LOESS; RACEMIZATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EID: 70449532222     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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