Khvalynian transgression of the Caspian Sea was not a result of water overflow from the Siberian Proglacial lakes, nor a prototype of the Noachian flood

Quaternary International

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 115-125

  Svitoch, Aleksander Adamovich ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOODING; ICE SHEET; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THAWING; TRANSGRESSION;

CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 61349125597     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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