Reconstruction of the Miocene western Amazonian aquatic system using molluscan isotopic signatures

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 85-93

  Vonhof, H B ^a   Wesselingh, F P ^b,c   Ganssen, G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amazonas; Bivalves; Freshwater; Middle Miocene; Sr 87 Sr 86; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031708248     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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