Miocene tectonism and the separation of cis- and trans-Andean river basins: Evidence from Neotropical fishes

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 14-27

  Albert, James S ^a   Lovejoy, Nathan R ^b   Crampton, William G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biogeography; Eastern Cordillera; Freshwater teleosts; Magdalena; Maracaibo; Merida Andes; Northwestern South America; Orinoco; Species diversity; Species level phylogenies

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DRAINAGE BASIN; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; PHYLOGENY; RIVER BASIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TELEOST; UPLIFT;

LAKE MARACAIBO; ORINOCO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33747186631     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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