Mollusk shells as bio-geo-archives Evaluating environmental changes during the Quaternary /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Gordillo, Sandra (Συγγραφέας), Bayer, María Sol (Συγγραφέας), Boretto, Gabriella (Συγγραφέας), Charó, Melisa (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, South America and the Southern Hemisphere,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Energy.; Paleontology.; Physical geography.; Geobiology.; Earth Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Energy, general.

In view of the wide range of disciplines involved in Quaternary research, this book offers a one-stop resource for the Quaternary research community, since it reviews the latest techniques and provides an approach to how mollusk shell remains are used in the reconstruction of marine environments in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Taphonomy of molluscan assemblages
• Shell microstructure
• Paleoecology of molluscan assemblages
• Biogeographic distribution of taxa
• Morphometry
• Stable isotopes
• Sclerochronology
• Concluding Remarks.