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

Date

Authors

Mee, Aija

Bestland, Erick

Spooner, Nigel

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

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

Keywords

Keywords: 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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82517

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Geomorphology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/S0169-555X(03)00183-1

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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