Late Quaternary palaeohydrological changes in the large playa Lake Frome in central Australia, recorded from the Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca in ostracod valves and biotic remains

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-50

  De Deckker, P ^a   Magee, J W ^a   Shelley, J M G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMS 14C dating; Aquifer; Gypsum; Halobiont; Mg Ca; Na Ca; Paleoclimates; Paleohydrology; Radiocarbon dating; Saline playa; Sr Ca; Trace element ratios

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CALCIUM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GYPSUM; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE WATER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNESIUM; MICROFOSSIL; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLAYA; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALINITY; STRONTIUM;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE FROME; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

DIACYPRIS; OSTRACODA;

EID: 77958465748     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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