A Cerion-based chronostratigraphy and age model from the central Bahama Islands: Amino acid racemization and 14C in land snails and sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-159

  Hearty, Paul J ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^a  

^a Northern Arizona University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

14C chronology; Amino acid racemization; Bahamas; Cerion land snails; Epimerization; Numerical age model; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AGE STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; RACEMIZATION; SHELL; SNAIL; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

CERION; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 59849127191     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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