Timing of post-glacial reinhabitation and ecological development of two New England, USA, drainages based on trace fossil evidence

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 212-231

  Benner, Jacob S ^a   Ridge, John C ^a   Knecht, Richard J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Broomichnium; Connecticut River valley; Fish; Lake Hitchcock; Merrimack River valley; Paleoecology; Pleistocene; Refugia; Trace fossils; Undichna; Varves

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FISH; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; INVERTEBRATE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGIUM; STRATIGRAPHY; SUCCESSION; TRACE FOSSIL; VARVE;

CONNECTICUT RIVER; MERRIMACK RIVER; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BROOMICHNIUM; INVERTEBRATA; UNDICHNA;

EID: 59249096330     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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