Did Port Phillip Bay nearly dry up between ~2800 and 1000 cal. yr BP? Bay floor channelling evidence, seismic and core dating

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-175

  Holdgate, G R ^a   Wagstaff, B ^a   Gallagher, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channels; Holocene; Marine geology; Port phillip; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; EVAPORATION; FORAMINIFERA; LAST GLACIAL; MEANDER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RIVER CHANNEL; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; TRANSGRESSION; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 79951983729     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2011.546429     Document Type: Article

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