Applying paleolimnological techniques in estuaries: A cautionary case study from Moreton Bay, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1039-1047

  Logan, Brendan ^a   Taffs, Kathryn H ^a   Cunningham, Laura ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dating; diatom dissolution; geochemistry; isotope; paleolimnology; sediments; subtropical

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRESERVATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77957192042     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09277     Document Type: Article

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