Rhodoliths, uniformitarianism, and Darwin: Pleistocene and Recent carbonate deposits in the Cape Verde and Canary archipelagos

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 329-330, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-100

  Johnson, Markes E ^a   Baarli, B Gudveig ^a   Cachão, Mário ^b   da Silva, Carlos M ^b   Ledesma Vázquez, Jorge ^c   Mayoral, Eduardo J ^d   Ramalho, Ricardo S ^e   Santos, Ana ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canary Islands (Fuerteventura); Cape Verde Islands (Santiago and Maio); Coastal paleotopography; Rhodoliths (Rhodophyta); Swaley and hummocky cross stratification; Taphonomy; Volcanic islands

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTURBATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; LIMESTONE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RHODOLITH; SANDSTONE; TAPHONOMY; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; SPAIN;

OSTREIDAE; PATELLIDAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84863415491     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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