Late Quaternary extraglacial cold-climate deposits in low and mid-altitude Tasmania and their climatic implications

Geomorphology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-39

  McIntosh, P D ^a   Eberhard, R ^b   Slee, A ^a   Moss, P ^c   Price, D M ^d   Donaldson, P ^e   Doyle, R ^e   Martins, J ^e  

^a Forest Practices Authority   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Cold climate; Last Glacial; Megafauna; Periglacial; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTICYCLONE; BEDROCK; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SILTSTONE;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84870295600     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.08.009     Document Type: Review

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