Publications, draft, map and papers on soil science, historical ecology, vegetation and natural resource management mainly regarding the Australian alps, 1934-1979
- Containers:
- Box 31 (MS 10563)
- Component identifier:
- File 355
- Content Summary:
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"Supplement to: Trends in vegetation at Kosciusko. III. Alpine range transects, 1959-1978" by D.J. Wimbush and A.B. Costin, 1979c. Original article published in the Australian Journal of Botany. Contains approx. 8 pages of graphs.
"Some solifluction phenomena in the Northern part of the Lake District" by S.E. Hollingworth, 1934.
"Appendix V: Locality map of Australian alps showing areas above 4,500 ft, and in particular deposits of peat, lake materials, glacial sediments, etc., known to be very suitable for intensive stratigraphic, microfossil and C14 examination." with label and explanatory note, 1955. Map is amended from original Soil Conservation Authority map. Part of label/note torn off.
"Availability of soil water to plants as affected by soil moisture content and meteorological conditions" by O.T. Denmead and R.H. Shaw, 1962. Reprinted from Agronomy Journal.
Annotated part of draft paper on grazing and leases in Australian alpine areas by unidentified author. Includes pages 8 to 10 only.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.
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- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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