Identification and importance of critical depositional gaps in pitfall cave environments: The fossiliferous deposit of Cuvieri Cave, eastern Brazil

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 66-78

  Hubbe, Alex ^a,b   Haddad Martim, Paulo M ^a   Hubbe, Mark ^c   Mayer, Elver L ^a   Strauss, André ^d   Auler, Augusto S ^b   Piló, Luís B ^b   Neves, Walter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto do Carste   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erosional gap; Megafauna; Pleistocene Holocene transition; Radiocarbon dating; Stratigraphy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BONE; CAVE DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FOSSILIZATION; GRAIN SIZE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 82255175689     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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