An early colonisation pathway into northwest Australia 70-60,000 years ago

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 180, Issue , 2018, Pages 229-239

  Norman, Kasih ^a,b   Inglis, Josha ^c   Clarkson, Chris ^a   Faith, J Tyler ^d   Shulmeister, James ^a   Harris, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Biarri Optimisation Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Colonisation; Connectivity analysis; Island south east Asia (ISEA); Migrations; Paleoceanography; Pleistocene; Sahul; Simulations; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COLONISATION; CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS; ISLAND SOUTH EAST ASIA; MIGRATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SAHUL; SIMULATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WALLACEA;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

COLONIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; ISLAND; MIGRATION ROUTE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SIMULATION;

AUSTRALIA; BANDA ARC; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; WALLACEA;

GABAZA;

EID: 85037376773     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.023     Document Type: Article

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