TY - JOUR
T1 - A late Pleistocene record of aeolian sedimentation in Blanche Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia
AU - Darrénougue´, N
AU - De Deckker, P
AU - Fitzsimmons, K.E.
AU - Norman, M.
AU - Reed, L.
AU - van der Kaars, S.
AU - Fallon, S
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We provide geochemical analyses and grain size data for a clearly layered, 80 cm thick sedimentary deposit close to a roof collapse in Blanche Cave near Naracoorte in SE South Australia. This deposit contains aeolian material deposited between ∼40 ka and 14 ka cal BP and which yields airborne sediments spanning the Last Glacial Maximum, a period of time with little information for the Australian continent. The deposit also contains abundant vertebrate fossil material derived from owl pellets, accumulation and pitfall entrapment. Below the studied profile, large vertebrate remains are found but are not discussed here. No Holocene sedimentation occurred at the site examined in the cave, and the top of the sequence is capped with a layer that has been anthropologically disturbed and contains exotic Pinus pollen. Chronologies of the deposit were obtained using two dating techniques: single stage accelerator mass spectrometer (SSAMS)
AB - We provide geochemical analyses and grain size data for a clearly layered, 80 cm thick sedimentary deposit close to a roof collapse in Blanche Cave near Naracoorte in SE South Australia. This deposit contains aeolian material deposited between ∼40 ka and 14 ka cal BP and which yields airborne sediments spanning the Last Glacial Maximum, a period of time with little information for the Australian continent. The deposit also contains abundant vertebrate fossil material derived from owl pellets, accumulation and pitfall entrapment. Below the studied profile, large vertebrate remains are found but are not discussed here. No Holocene sedimentation occurred at the site examined in the cave, and the top of the sequence is capped with a layer that has been anthropologically disturbed and contains exotic Pinus pollen. Chronologies of the deposit were obtained using two dating techniques: single stage accelerator mass spectrometer (SSAMS)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.05.021
DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.05.021
M3 - Article
SN - 0277-3791
VL - 28
SP - 2600
EP - 2615
JO - Quaternary Science Reviews
JF - Quaternary Science Reviews
IS - 25-26
ER -
