Late Quaternary vegetation history of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, eastern Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 257-272

  Moss, Patrick T ^a   Tibby, John ^b   Petherick, Lynda ^c   McGowan, Hamish ^a   Barr, Cameron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Charcoal; Lake sediments; Last Glacial Maximum; Late Quaternary climate dynamics; Pollen; Subtropical Queensland

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; POLLEN; QUEENSLAND;

CHARCOAL;

TROPICS;

CHARCOAL; DOMINANCE; KNOWLEDGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84880600575     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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