Ecogeomorphology in the Australian drylands and the role of biota in mediating the effects of climate change on landscape processes and evolution

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 346, Issue , 2010, Pages 87-120

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; OVERLAND FLOW; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053377463     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP346.7     Document Type: Article

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