Mollusk shells as bio-geo-archives [electronic resource] : Evaluating environmental changes during the Quaternary / by Sandra Gordillo, María Sol Bayer, Gabriella Boretto, Melisa Charó.
By: Gordillo, Sandra [author.].
Contributor(s): Bayer, María Sol [author.] | Boretto, Gabriella [author.] | Charó, Melisa [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, South America and the Southern Hemisphere: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XIII, 80 p. 31 illus., 10 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319034768.Subject(s): Geography | Life sciences | Paleontology | Earth Sciences | Paleontology | Earth System Sciences | Biogeosciences | Energy, generalDDC classification: 560 Online resources: Click here to access online Introduction -- Taphonomy of molluscan assemblages -- Shell microstructure -- Paleoecology of molluscan assemblages -- Biogeographic distribution of taxa -- Morphometry -- Stable isotopes -- Sclerochronology -- Concluding Remarks.
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 southern South America. Written by specialists in the field, this monograph sets the scene for multidisciplinary research involving taphonomy, paleoecology, paleobiography, morphometry, shell mineralogy analysis and sclerochronology performed on mollusk assemblages and/or selected taxa, and offers a consistent picture of spatial and temporal environmental and climatic changes.
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