The distribution and climatic implications of periglacial landforms in eastern Australia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 848-858

  Slee, Adrian ^a   Shulmeister, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Block deposit; Freeze thaw; Precipitation; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS; TASMANIA;

EID: 84954383768     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2823     Document Type: Article

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