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Absolute dating of sedimentation on Lake Torrens with spring deposits, South Australia

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Saline Lakes

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 59))

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The travertine structure containing Mountford Spring is in the only surface accumulation of CaCO3 on Lake Torrens, a playa in South Australia. Here the first 14C data on Lake Torrens is presented. 14C ages for travertine samples surrounding Mountford Spring, range from 13770 ± 130 years BP to 22700 ± 290 years BP, giving a time frame for lacustrine sediments wedged in between. In the absence of recent tectonic movements, the old travertine (22700 ±130 years) on the clifftop, surrounded by younger spring deposits (13770 ± 130 years) at a lower level, prove a deflation event at this playa.

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  1. School of Mines, University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia

    R. M. Schmid

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  1. Dpt. Ecologia, Fac. Biologia, Univ. Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Franciso A. Comín

  2. Dpt. Zoology, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., VGT 2A9, Canada

    Thoma G. Northcote

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Schmid, R.M. (1990). Absolute dating of sedimentation on Lake Torrens with spring deposits, South Australia. In: Comín, F.A., Northcote, T.G. (eds) Saline Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0603-7_25

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