The Australian desert dunefields: Formation and evolution in an old, flat, dry continent

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 346, Issue , 2010, Pages 141-164

  Hesse, Paul P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; DUNE FIELD; LANDSCAPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PIEDMONT; QUATERNARY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; VALLEY; WIND DIRECTION;

AUSTRALIA;

CARPENTARIA;

EID: 80053053086     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP346.9     Document Type: Article

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