Abstract
Salt lakes are amongst the most extensive Quaternary sedimentary deposits on the Australian continent. Yet this important source of biostratigraphic information, especially from the viewpoint of studies on vegetational and climatic history through pollen analysis, has remained virtually untapped. Until recently, it was generally held by most palynologists that the rate of success in pollen analysis was directly proportional to the degree of richness of organic content in the sediments worked on. But, recent studies have proved that salt lakes can be an effective source of palaeoecological information from the fossil pollen preserved in their sediments (Singh 1971; Singh et al. 1972, 1974). It was therefore appropriate that similar methods should be tried on the Australian continent.
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Singh, G. (1981). Late Quaternary pollen records and seasonal palaeoclimates of Lake Frome, South Australia. In: Williams, W.D. (eds) Salt Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8665-7_29
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