Palaeoenvironmental evolution of cenote aktun ha (Carwash) on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and its response to holocene sea-level rise

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-213

  Gabriel, Jeremy J ^a   Reinhardt, Eduard G ^a   van Hengstum, Peter J ^a   Beddows, Patricia A ^a   Peros, Matthew C ^b   Davidson, Dawn E ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cave; Cenote; Foraminifera; Holocene sea level; Mangrove; Thecamoebians

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FERN; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MANGROVE; MICROFOSSIL; OPEN WATER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTIST; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA TEPIDA; CENTROPYXIS; FILICOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; POLYPODIACEAE; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 71449107292     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9271-x     Document Type: Article

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