Local disappearance of bivalves in the Azores during the last glaciation

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 777-785

  Ávila, Sérgio P ^a   Madeira, Patrícia ^a   Da Silva, C Marques ^b   Cachão, Mário ^b   Landau, Bernard ^b   Quartau, Rui ^c   De Frias Martins, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Bivalves; Local disappearance; Pleistocene (Eemian); Sea level

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DEPOSITION; EEMIAN; LAST GLACIATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; LOWSTAND; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WEICHSELIAN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SANTA MARIA [AZORES]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; BULLA (GASTROPOD); CANTHARUS; ENSIS MINOR; GASTROPODA; LAEVICARDIUM CRASSUM; LUCINELLA DIVARICATA; MOLLUSCA; MORULA NODULOSA;

EID: 43449086877     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1165     Document Type: Article

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