Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5.5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-31

  Ávila, Sérgio P ^a   Madeira, Patrícia ^a   Zazo, Cari ^b   Kroh, Andreas ^c   Kirby, Michael ^d   da Silva, C Marques ^e   Cachão, Mário ^e   de Frias Martins, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; MIS 5.5; Neptunian dykes; Oceanic islands; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Santa Maria Island

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BEACH; CARNIVORE; DIKE; FACIES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; HERBIVORE; ISLAND; LAST GLACIATION; LITHOLOGY; MIOCENE; OUTCROP; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SANTA MARIA [AZORES]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; GIBBULA UMBILICALIS; MOLLUSCA; NEPTUNIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 61449121906     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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