Hydrothermal activity and its paleoecological implications in the latest Miocene to Middle Pleistocene lacustrine environments of the Baza Basin (Betic Cordillera, SE Spain)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-221

  García Aguilar, José Manuel ^a   Guerra Merchán, Antonio ^a   Serrano, Francisco ^a   Palmqvist, Paul ^a   Flores Moya, Antonio ^b   Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^c  

^a Departamento de Ecología y Geología Área de Paleontología Facultad de Ciencias   (Spain)

^b Dpto de Biología Vegetal Facultad de Ciencias   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hot springs; Lacustrine systems; Large mammals; Paleoecology; Paleohydrochemistry; Plio Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FERTILIZERS; HOT SPRINGS; LAKES; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEPOSITS; MAMMALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; STRONTIUM DEPOSITS;

LACUSTRINE SYSTEMS; LARGE MAMMALS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOHYDROCHEMISTRY; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE;

STRONTIUM DEPOSITS; MAGNESIUM DEPOSITS;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; THERMAL SPRING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; UNGULATE;

ANDALUCIA; BAZA BASIN; BETIC CORDILLERA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84903541940     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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