Palaeoenvironmental conditions during the deposition of the Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of the Canoa Formation, central Ecuador: A stable isotope study

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 119-128

  Pellegrini, Maura ^a   Longinelli, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canoa Formation; carbon isotopes; coastal Ecuador; oxygen isotopes; palaeoenvironmental conditions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

CALIFORNIA; ECUADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 49249116611     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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