INVESTIGATING LANDSCAPE RESPONSE TO HUMAN ARRIVAL TO AUSTRALIA AND ANTHROPOGENIC FIRE USING COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES AND LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOMETERS
PORTENGA, Eric W.1, MURRAY, Kendra E.2, BHATTARAI, Saroj3, BIRD, Michael I.4, CORBETT, Lee B.5, BIERMAN, Paul R.5, CAFFEE, Marc W.6, THOMSON, Stuart N.7, FU, Xiao8 and LI, Bo9, (1)Department of Geography & Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 311 King Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, (2)Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, (3)College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia, (4)College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia, (5)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (6)Department of Physics, Purdue University, 1396 Physics Bldg., West Lafayette, IN 47907, (7)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St., Tucson, AZ 85721, (8)Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia, (9)Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia