High latitude Albian climate variability: Palynological evidence for long-term drying in a greenhouse world

Barbara E Wagstaff; Stephen J Gallagher; Martin S Norvick; David J Cantrill; Malcolm W Wallace

Journal article

High latitude Albian climate variability: Palynological evidence for long-term drying in a greenhouse world

Barbara E Wagstaff, Stephen J Gallagher, Martin S Norvick, David J Cantrill, Malcolm W Wallace

Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeocology | ELSEVIER | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.018

University of Melbourne Researchers

David Cantrill Author Biosciences

Barbara Wagstaff Author Earth Sciences

Martin Norvick Author Earth Sciences

Malcolm Wallace Author Earth Sciences

Stephen Gallagher Author Earth Sciences

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Funding Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Lakes Oil N.L. for providing access to geological data on the wells and some of the samples from Wombat-3. The Department of Primary Industries allowed sampling of the wells and we would particularly like to thank Terry Smith for providing help with accessing the cuttings. We would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments to improve the text. ARC Linkage Grant LP0989203 funded this research with industry partners Lakes Oil N.L., Nexus Energy and Geotrack International.