A large-mammal site in a meandering fluvial context (Fonelas P-1, Late Pliocene, Guadix Basin, Spain). Sedimentological keys for its paleoenvironmental reconstruction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 139-168

  Viseras, César ^a   Soria, Jesús M ^b   Durán, Juan J ^c   Pla, Sila ^a,c   Garrido, Guiomar ^c   García García, Fernando ^d   Arribas, Alfonso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental paleogeography; Fluvial sedimentology; Guadix Basin; Mammals; Pliocene Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTURBATION; CARBONATE; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRAVEL; MAMMAL; MEANDER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

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

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33947108974     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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