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Hydrogeology of Palm Valley, Central Australia; a Pleistocene Flora Refuge?

Date

Authors

Wischusen, John D.H.

Fifield, L Keith

Cresswell, Richard

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The Palm Valley Oasis (Finke Gorge National Park) in arid central Australia is characterised by large stands of red cabbage palm trees (Livistona mariae). How these unique plants, over 1000 km away from nearest relatives in the tropical parts of northern

Keywords

Keywords: Aquifers; Cells; Flow of water; Groundwater; Hydrogeology; Isotopes; Plants (botany); Surface topography; Flow systems; Meteoric water; Regional gradients; Hydrology; aquifer; flora; groundwater flow; hydrogeology; paleoecology; Pleistocene; stable isotop Arid; Chlorine-36; Groundwater; Livistona mariae; Palaeo-recharge; Refugium

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77908

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Journal of Hydrology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.01.007