Journal article

Refining late Quaternary plunge pool chronologies in Australia's monsoonal 'Top End'

JH May, F Preusser, LA Gliganic

Quaternary Geochronology | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2015

Abstract

Plunge pool deposits from Australia's 'Top End' are considered as important archives of past monsoonal activity in the region. The available chronology of these deposits was so far based on thermoluminescence (TL) dating and indicated maximum flood magnitudes during the Last Glacial Maximum in contrast with more arid conditions as deduced from other archives of the region. This study revisits plunge pool deposits at Wangi Falls by applying multiple and single-grain Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of quartz and high-resolution gamma spectrometry, supported by radiocarbon dating of organic material. The aim is to reappraise the existing chronology and investigate if the deposits..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge all support by the Litchfield National Park team. Jenny Wolff is thanked for careful preparation of the OSL samples at Stockholm University, Nathan Jankowski is thanked for his help with thin section analysis, and Lily Yu and Helen Price facilitated the ICP-MS measurements. Gamma spectrometric measurements have been carried out by Detlev Degering at VICTA Rossendorf e.V., Germany. This study was funded by an ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DP0987819) granted to JHM.