The use of fossil caddisfly assemblages in the reconstruction of flow environments from floodplain paleochannels of the River Trent, England

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 747-761

  Greenwood, M T ^a   Wood, P J ^a   Monk, W A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow environments; Fossil insects; LIFE methodology; Paleoecology; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CADDISFLY; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LARVA; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TRENT RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33745609235     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-005-5162-6     Document Type: Article

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