Testing ecological and environmental changes during the last 6000 years: A multiproxy approach based on the bivalve Tawera gayi from southern South America

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1413-1427

  Gordillo, Sandra ^a,b   Martinelli, Julieta ^c   Cárdenas, Javiera ^c,d   Sol Bayer, M ^c  

^a Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra (CICTERRA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; drill holes; shell microstructure; shell shape; South America; stable isotopes; taphonomy; Tawera gayi

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; MELTWATER; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RUNOFF; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAPHONOMY; WAVE ACTION;

BEAGLE CHANNEL; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; TAWERA GAYI;

EID: 84860636213     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410002183     Document Type: Article

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