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Age and origin of Terra Rossa soils in the Coonawarra area of South Australia

Mee, Aija; Bestland, Erick; Spooner, Nigel

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The famous Terra Rossa soil in the Coonawarra area, South Australia, is dominated by locally derived aeolian detritus, which probably accumulated over the last 120-130 ka. Four soil profiles and associated limestone and lunette deposits were investigated

dc.contributor.authorMee, Aija
dc.contributor.authorBestland, Erick
dc.contributor.authorSpooner, Nigel
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:55:24Z
dc.identifier.issn0169-555X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/82517
dc.description.abstractThe famous Terra Rossa soil in the Coonawarra area, South Australia, is dominated by locally derived aeolian detritus, which probably accumulated over the last 120-130 ka. Four soil profiles and associated limestone and lunette deposits were investigated
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceGeomorphology
dc.subjectKeywords: eolian deposit; luminescence dating; pedogenesis; terra rossa; weathering; Australasia; Australia; South Australia Aeolian accessions; Mass balance geochemistry; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Strontium isotopes; Terra Rossa
dc.titleAge and origin of Terra Rossa soils in the Coonawarra area of South Australia
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume58
dc.date.issued2004
local.identifier.absfor040310 - Sedimentology
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub10778
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationMee, Aija, Flinders University
local.contributor.affiliationBestland, Erick, Flinders University
local.contributor.affiliationSpooner, Nigel, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage25
local.identifier.doi10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00183-1
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T11:10:27Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-1542784006
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