A 6000 year tropical cyclone record from Western Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 713-722

  Nott, Jonathan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mega drought; Shark Bay; Shell ridges; Tropical cyclones; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

MEGA-DROUGHT; SHARK BAY; SHELL RIDGES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DROUGHT; HURRICANES; LAKES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TROPICS;

STORMS;

GASTROPOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW WATER; SNAIL; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; HAMELIN BAY; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; FRAGUM;

EID: 79952037987     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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