The Simpson, Strzelecki and Tirari Deserts: development and sand provenance

Sands of the Simpson, Strzelecki and Tirari Deserts, central Australia, can be divided into two main groups on the basis of their physical and chemical characteristics (colour, grainsize, heavy minerals, quartz oxygen-isotope composition, zircon U-Pb ages). The first group encompasses the Strzelecki...

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Main Authors: Pell, S, Chivas, A, Williams, Ian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Elsevier 2015
Subjects:
Keywords: desert
dune field
provenance
sand
uranium-lead dating
Australia Australian continental dunefield
Sediment provenance
Simpson Desert
Strzelecki Desert
Zircon U-Pb
Tennant
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/89602

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