Testing the effect of bleaching on the bivalve Glycymeris: A case study of amino acid geochronology on key Mediterranean raised beach deposits

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-65

  Demarchi, Beatrice ^a   Clements, Emily ^a   Coltorti, Mauro ^b   van de Locht, Renée ^a   Kröger, Roland ^a   Penkman, Kirsty ^a   Rose, James ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycymeris; Intra crystalline protein geochronology (IcPD) amino acid racemisation (AAR); Last Interglacial; Mediterranean; Raised beaches; Raman spectroscopy; SEM

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIVALVE; BLEACHING; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MOLLUSC; RAISED BEACH; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAPHONOMY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; ITALY; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALMA BAY; SARDINIA; SPAIN; TUNISIA;

BIVALVIA; GLYCYMERIS;

EID: 84907919733     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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