Late quaternary aeolian and fluvial interactions on the Cooper Creek Fan and the association between linear and source-bordering dunes, Strzelecki Desert, Australia

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dc.contributor.authorCohen, TJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorNanson, GCen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorJones, BGen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPrice, DMen_AU
dc.contributor.authorColeman, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorPietsch, TJen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-19T04:27:39Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:08:37Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-19T04:27:39Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:08:37Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2010-02en_AU
dc.date.statistics2010-02en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe Innamincka Dome and associated low-gradient fan in the Strzelecki Desert is the product of Cenozoic crustal warping that has aided formation of an extensive array of palaeochannels, source-bordering transverse dunes and superimposed linear dunes. These dunes have impeded the course of Cooper Creek and provided a repository of evidence for Quaternary climate change as well as the interactive processes between transverse and linear dune formation. At Turra, Gidgealpa and sites nearby are extensive fluvial and aeolian sand bodies that date from marine isotope stages (MIS) 8–3 and the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and are now surrounded or buried by overbank mud. The sandy alluvium was deposited on the downstream slope of the dome by large channels transporting abundant bedload, subsequently blown northward to form transverse dunes from what were probably seasonally-exposed bars in a palaeo-Cooper system. Thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages demonstrate that the base of the dune complex is at least MIS 7 in age (~250 ka) but that it has been subsequently reworked by wind with additional sand blown from the river. Source-bordering dunes formed during a period of enhanced river flow and sand supply from ~120 to 100 ka, with another short episode of the same at ~85–80 ka and from ~68 to 53. The LGM was associated with enhanced flows and the supply of dune sediment, from 28 to 18 ka. Pronounced river flow and dune activity occurred in the early to mid Holocene, but there is no evidence of dunes being supplied from Cooper Creek since the LGM. The dunes forming the oldest basal sand units appear to be largely transverse in form and are aligned roughly parallel to adjacent east–west trending palaeochannels. Linear dunes have formed from and over these, and yield basal ages ranging from MIS 5 or MIS 4 but continuing to accrete and rework through to the Holocene. The study results in one of the few detailed chronological investigations of the interaction between transverse and linear dunes. It is apparent that long-distance sand transport has played no significant role in dune formation here for the linear dunes show no significant downwind decline in ages. Linear dunes appear to have accreted vertically from underlying transverse dunes. A wind-rift vertical accretion model with only minor lengthwise extension is the dominant mode of linear dune formation in this section of the Strzelecki Desert, the bulk of dune sediment being sourced from adjacent swales since the LGM. © 2010, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationCohen, T. J., Nanson, G. C., Larsen, J. R., Jones, B. G., Price, D. M., Coleman, M., & Pietsch, T. J. (2010). Late quaternary aeolian and fluvial interactions on the Cooper Creek Fan and the association between linear and source-bordering dunes, Strzelecki Desert, Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(3-4), 455-471. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.024en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1554en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791en_AU
dc.identifier.issue3-4en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleQuaternary Science Reviewsen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination455-471en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.024en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/3202en_AU
dc.identifier.volume29en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectQuaternary perioden_AU
dc.subjectDesertsen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectSanden_AU
dc.subjectInteractionsen_AU
dc.subjectAge estimationen_AU
dc.titleLate quaternary aeolian and fluvial interactions on the Cooper Creek Fan and the association between linear and source-bordering dunes, Strzelecki Desert, Australiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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