Aridity in the monsoon zone as indicated by desert dune formation in the gregory lakes basin, northwestern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-478

  Fitzsimmons, K E ^a   Miller, G H ^b   Spooner, N A ^c,d   Magee, J W ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Desert dunes; Great sandy desert; Gregory lakes; Lake mulan; Osl dating

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BASIN; DEPOSITION; DESERT; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE GREGORY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84868135260     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2012.686171     Document Type: Article

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