Pleistocene paleoenvironmental evolution at continental middle latitude inferred from carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis of ostracodes from the Guadix-Baza Basin (Granada, SE Spain)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 536-561

  Ortiz, José E ^a   Torres, Trinidad ^a   Delgado, Antonio ^b   Reyes, Emilio ^b   Llamas, Juan F ^a   Soler, Vicente ^c   Raya, Jorge ^b  

^a Madrid School of Mines   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Guadix Baza Basin; Iberian Peninsula; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMINO ACID; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CYPRIDEIS TOROSA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 33748930418     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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