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

• Main Authors: Gordillo, Sandra (Author), Bayer, María Sol (Author), Boretto, Gabriella (Author), Charó, Melisa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, South America and the Southern Hemisphere,
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

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