Taphonomy and compositional fidelity of Quaternary fossil assemblages of terrestrial gastropods from carbonate-rich environments of the Canary Islands

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-256

  Yanes, Yurena ^a   Tomašových, Adam ^b,c   Kowalewski, Michał ^a   Castillo, Carolina ^d   Aguirre, Julio ^e   Alonso, M R ^d   Ibáñez, Miguel ^d  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposits; Canary Islands; Land snail shell assemblages; Quantitative Taphonomy; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; QUATERNARY; SHELL; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 49449107200     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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