Sequence stratigraphic anatomy of diversity patterns: Late Quaternary benthic mollusks of the Po Plain, Italy

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-305

  Scarponi, Daniele ^a   Kowalewski, Michał ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MOLLUSC; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34548215107     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-020r     Document Type: Article

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