A 100 ka record of fluvial activity in the Fitzroy River Basin, tropical northeastern Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1681-1695

  Croke, Jacky ^a,b   Jansen, John D ^a,c   Amos, Kathryn ^a,d   Pietsch, Timothy J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Large river basins; Optically stimulated luminescence; Quaternary fluvial change; Tropical

Indexed keywords

FLOOD-PLAINS; LARGE RIVERS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; QUATERNARY FLUVIAL CHANGE; TROPICAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; RUNOFF; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; CATCHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERSTADIAL; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LUMINESCENCE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUATERNARY; RIVER BASIN; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA; FITZROY BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79958056637     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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