The modern environments of Molluscs in southern Mesopotamia, Iraq: A guide to paleogeographical reconstructions of Quaternary fluvial, palustrine and marine deposits

The Quaternary, mainly freshwater sediments of the Lower Mesopotamian plaininclude a thin transgressive marine unit which extends inland some 250km from the present coastline, the Hammar Formation. The identity andrespective areal extent of continental and transgressive units arebased mainly on thei...

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Main Authors: Younis Woujdan R., Plaziat Jean-Claude
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rediris 2005-01-01
Series:Carnets de Géologie
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Online Access:http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2005_A01/index.html