North central Victorian climate: Past, present and future

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-160

  Jones, Roger N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Palaeoclimate; Victoria

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; LAND SURFACE; PALEOCLIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 80055067232     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RS10023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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