Central American paleogeography controlled Pliocene Arctic Ocean molluscan migrations

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 551-554

  Marincovich Jr , Louie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering strait; Central America; Mollusks; Oceanography.; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; BERING STRAIT; CENTRAL AMERICA; LATE PLIOCENE; MARINE FAUNA; MOLLUSKS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN GATEWAY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SECOND PHASE; SOUTH AMERICA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MIGRATION; MOLLUSC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0034432065     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<551:CAPCPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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