Evidence for extreme floods in arid subtropical northwest Australia during the Little Ice Age chronozone (CE 1400-1850)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 107-122

  Rouillard, A ^a   Skrzypek, G ^a   Turney, C ^b   Dogramaci, S ^a,c   Hua, Q ^d   Zawadzki, A ^d   Reeves, J ^e   Greenwood, P ^a,f   O'Donnell, A J ^a   Grierson, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydroclimate; Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ); Late Holocene; Little Ice Age (LIA); Paleolimnology; Pilbara; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

HYDROCLIMATE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PILBARA;

ICE;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84971451148     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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