Wind v water: glacial maximum records from the Willandra Lakes

Authors

James Bowler, University of Melbourne
Richard Gillespie, University of WollongongFollow
Harvey Johnston, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
Katarina Boljkovac, The Australian National University

RIS ID

67910

Publication Details

Bowler, J., Gillespie, R., Johnston, H. & Boljkovac, K. (2012). Wind v water: glacial maximum records from the Willandra Lakes. In S. Haberle & B. David (Eds.), Peopled Landscapes: Archaeological and Biogeographic Approaches to Landscapes (pp. 271-296). Canberra, Australia: ANU E Press.

Abstract

Excerpt: Using lakes and dry basins for discerning the patterns of climatic change faces a number of challenges. Study of the Willandra basins (Figures 1 and 2) involves reconstruction of their environmental history and its relationship to controlling climatic change.... This paper reviews new evidence and revises previous interpretations, with special relevance to a new understanding of glacial maximum environments and their expression within the Willandra system.