Uranium-series ages of corals, sea level history, and palaeozoogeography, Canary Islands, Spain: An exploratory study for two Quaternary interglacial periods

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 394, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-118

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Meco, Joaquín ^b   Simmons, Kathleen R ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Corals; Interglacial sea levels; Mollusks; Palaeozoogeography; U series dating

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FOSSIL RECORD; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; INTERGLACIAL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MOLLUSC; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRADE WIND; UPWELLING; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84891106139     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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