Bui, E.N., Chappell, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0694-7348, Kelly, T. and McTainsh, G.H. 2015. Linked fluvial and aeolian processes fertilize Australian bioregions. Aeolian Research 17 , pp. 255-262. 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.12.001 |
Abstract
The pattern of 137Cs-derived net (1950s–1990) soil redistribution over Australia, together with back-trajectory modeling of major dust storms, shows extensive areas of contemporary aeolian deposition. While the Cobar Peneplain and Gawler bioregions are the largest, the Wet Tropics is also a locus of deposition, consistent with the theory that dust is a source of nutrients for tropical rainforests growing on ancient weathered soils. Here we describe a new dust transport pathway over northeastern Australia and substantiate the link between fluvial and aeolian processes, and biogeochemical cycling between Australia’s arid interior and its coastal forests
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1875-9637 |
Date of Acceptance: | 13 December 2014 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2022 07:56 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/116352 |
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