A Holocene molluscan succession from floodplain sediments of the upper Lena River (Lake Baikal region), Siberia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 962-987

  White, Dustin ^a,b   Preece, Richard C ^b   Shchetnikov, Alexander A ^c   Parfitt, Simon A ^d   Dlussky, Konstantin G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHARCOAL; FLOODS; RIVERS;

CHRONOLOGY; FAUNAL ANALYSES; FLOODPLAINS;

SEDIMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; MOLLUSC; PALEARCTIC REGION; PEDOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

EURASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; LENA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CARYCHIUM; GASTROCOPTA; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS MAXIMOWICZII; MOLLUSCA; MURIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA; VALLONIA; VERTIGO (GASTROPOD);

EID: 43849087031     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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