The Quaternary eolian sequence of Madeira: Stratigraphy, chronology, and paleoenvironmental interpretation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 195-234

  Goodfriend, Glenn A ^a   Cameron, R A D ^b   Cook, Laurence M ^c   Courty, Marie Agnes ^d   Fedoroff, Nicolas ^e   Livett, Elizabeth ^c   Tallis, John ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

AEOLIAN SEQUENCE; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; QUATERNARY CHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MADEIRA;

EID: 0030480062     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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