Quaternary

Authors

Gilbert Price, University of Queensland
Dionisio Cendon, ANSTOFollow
Allan Chivas, University of WollongongFollow
Adriana Garcia, University of WollongongFollow
John S. Jell, University of Queensland

RIS ID

90118

Publication Details

Price, G. J., Cendon, D. I., Chivas, A. R., Garcia, A. & Jell, J. S. (2013). Quaternary. In P. A. Jell (Eds.), Geology of Queensland (pp. 653-685). Queensland: Geological Society of Queensland.

Abstract

Despite their limited economic utility, Queensland's Quaternary deposits have attracted considerable attention. This is because studies of these deposits could shed light on processes and mechanisms of past periods of climate change, and therefore are particularly pertinent in contemporary debates on human impacts, future climate change and environmental fluctuation.