Macro- versus microfauna: Resolution potential of bivalves, gastropods, foraminifera and ostracods in reconstructing the Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Pearl River delta, China

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-353

  Alberti, Matthias ^a   Hethke, Manja ^a   Fürsich, Franz T ^a   Liu, Chunlian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Holocene; Palaeoenvironment; Pearl River delta

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNISTICS; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; MICROFOSSIL; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROGRADATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY; TOLERANCE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84883246699     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-012-0101-9     Document Type: Article

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