Erosion rates and weathering history of rock surfaces associated with Aboriginal rock art engravings (petroglyphs) on Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia, from cosmogenic nuclide measurements

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-106

  Pillans, Brad ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burrup Peninsula; Cosmogenic nuclides; Erosion rates; Rock art

Indexed keywords

BURRUP PENINSULA; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; EROSION RATES; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LONG-TERM PRESERVATION; ROCK ARTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EROSION; ETCHING; ISOTOPES; PINCH EFFECT; QUARTZ; ROCKS;

WEATHERING;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; EROSION RATE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; RAINFALL; RELIEF; ROCK ART; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA; DAMPIER ARCHIPELAGO; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876310757     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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