Can molluscan assemblages give insights into Holocene environmental changes other than sea level rise? A case study from a macrotidal bay (Marennes-Oléron, France)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Poirier, Clément ^a   Sauriau, Pierre Guy ^a,b   Chaumillon, Eric ^a   Allard, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coast; Death assemblage; Macrofauna; Palaeoenvironment; Sediment core

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARENNES-OLERON BAY; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; LEPTON SQUAMOSUM; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 68749100611     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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