Holocene palaeoclimate and sea level fluctuation recorded from the coastal Barker Swamp, Rottnest Island, south-western Western Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-57

  Gouramanis, C ^a,e   Dodson, J ^b   Wilkins, D ^a,f   De Deckker, P ^a   Chase, B M ^c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMS 14C; Evaporation precipitation; Groundwater; Indian Ocean dipole; OSL dating; Ostracods; Pollen; Southern Annular Mode; Stable isotopes; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AMS 14C; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; OSL DATING; OSTRACODS; POLLEN; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRACE METAL;

ANIMALS; CLIMATOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOSALINITY; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SWAMP; TRACE METAL; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; BARKER INLET; ROTTNEST ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 84867739250     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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