Reconstruction of late Pleistocene climate in the Valsequillo Basin (Central Mexico) through isotopic analysis of terrestrial and freshwater snails

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-27

  Stevens, Rhiannon E ^a   Metcalfe, Sarah E ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^c,d   Lamb, Angela L ^c   Sloane, Hilary J ^c   Naranjo, Edna ^e   González, Silvia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barranca Caulapan; Human occupation; Isotope; Mollusc; Palaeoclimate; Pleistocene; Seasonality; Shell

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAVEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SHELL; SNAIL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; VALSEQUILLO;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; CERIONIDAE; FOSSARIA; GASTROPODA; HOLOSPIRA; MOLLUSCA; POLYGYRA; SPHAERIIDAE (BIVALVES);

EID: 84857034550     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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