Hydrological transformation coincided with megafaunal extinction in central Australia

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 195-198

  Cohen, Tim J ^a   Jansen, John D ^a,b   Gliganic, Luke A ^a   Larsen, Joshua R ^c   Nanson, Gerald C ^a   May, Jan Hendrik ^a   Jones, Brian G ^a   Price, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES;

DRYING PHASE; ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; LAKE BASINS; LAST GLACIAL CYCLES; PALEOSHORELINES; RE-EVALUATION; SPREAD OF FIRES;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTINCTION; FAUNA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL; SHORELINE; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; GENYORNIS; GENYORNIS NEWTONI;

EID: 84923266880     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36346.1     Document Type: Article

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