Contribution of organic matter molecular proxies to interpretation of the last 55ka of the Lynch's Crater record (NE Australia)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 414, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-31

  Kaal, Joeri ^a   Schellekens, Judith ^b   Nierop, Klaas G J ^c   Martínez Cortizas, Antonio ^d   Muller, Joanne ^e  

^a Edificio Fontán   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences Florida Gulf Coast University   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree of peat humification; Lynch's Crater; Molecular proxies; NE Australia; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRATER; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; HUMIDITY; HUMIFICATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOECOLOGY; PEAT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALIA; LYNCH'S CRATER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84906927211     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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