Redating the onset of burning at Lynchs Crater (North Queensland): Implications for human settlement in Australia
-
Altmetric Citations
Turney, C S M; Kershaw, Arnold Peter; Moss, Patrick; Bird, Michael; Fifield, L Keith; Cresswell, Richard; dos Santos, G; di Tada, M.; Hausladen, P.; Zhou, Youping
Description
Lynch's Crater preserves a continuous, high-resolution record of environmental changes in north Queensland. This record suggests a marked increase in burning that appears to be independent of any known major climatic boundaries. This increase is accompanied, or closely followed, by the virtually complete replacement of rainforest by sclerophyll vegetation. The absence of any major climatic shift associated with this increase in fire frequency therefore has been interpreted as a result of early...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
---|---|
Date published: | 2001 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93108 |
Source: | Journal of Quaternary Science |
DOI: | 10.1002/jqs.643 |
Download
Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Updated: 19 May 2020/ Responsible Officer: University Librarian/ Page Contact: Library Systems & Web Coordinator