A continuous multi-millennial record of surficial bivalve mollusk shells from the São Paulo Bight, Brazilian shelf

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 274-283

  Dexter, Troy A ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^b   Krause, Richard A ^c   Barbour Wood, Susan L ^d   Simões, Marcello G ^e   Huntley, John Warren ^f   Yanes, Yurena ^g   Romanek, Christopher S ^h   Kowalewski, Michał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Rubicon Geological Consultants   (United States)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age distributions; Amino acid racemization; Holocene; Marine bivalves; Time averaging

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID RACEMIZATIONS; HOLOCENES; MARINE BIVALVES; TIME AVERAGING;

MOLLUSCS;

AMINO ACID; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; HOLOCENE; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; RACEMIZATION; SHELL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN SHELF; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SEMELE;

EID: 84897026767     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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