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The frequency of lamination in the sediments of Lake Barrine, tropical north-east Australia, during the last five millennia

Date

Authors

Walker, Donald

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

At Lake Barrine (17°15'S, 145°38'E, 721. m a.s.l.) under water > 55. m deep, the uppermost sediment is composed of alternating detritus-poor and detritus-rich laminae. The former are interpreted as the continuous sedimentation (mostly plankton) from the

Keywords

Keywords: geoaccumulation; Holocene; lacustrine deposit; lamination; paleoclimate; radiocarbon dating; wind direction; Australia; Lake Barrine; Queensland; Placida Australia; Holocene; Lake Barrine; Laminations; Sediments; Tropics

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65401

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.003

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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