Paleoenvironmental inferences from diatom assemblages of the middle Miocene Shanwang Formation, Shandong, China

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-814

  Li, Ya Meng ^a,b   Ferguson, David K ^c   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Diatoms; Miocene; Paleolimnology; Shanwang

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; SHANDONG; SHANWANG;

AULACOSEIRA; AULACOSEIRA DISTANS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYMBELLA; FRAGILARIA; MELOSIRA; PINNULARIA;

EID: 77952673233     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9369-9     Document Type: Article

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