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Cave opening and fossil accumulation in Naracoorte, Australia, through charcoal and pollen in dated speleothems
- Source :
- Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- The presence of pollen and charcoal in radiometrically dated speleothems suggest the Naracoorte Cave Complex, South Australia, has been open to the atmosphere for the past 600,000 years, placing an upper limit on the accumulation of fossils inside the caves.
- Subjects :
- Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26624435
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.61dcef4172cd4969bb31503767ba315c
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00538-y