Dominance of reworked fossil shells in modern estuarine environments: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions based on biological remains

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 14-23

  De Francesco, Claudio G ^a   Hassan, Gabriela S ^a  

^a UNMdP CIC)   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CONDENSATION; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIXING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; REDEPOSITION; REWORKING; SHELL; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39549104676     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-124r     Document Type: Article

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