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Paleogeography of Miocene Western Amazonia: Isotopic composition of molluscan shells constrains the influence of marine incursions

Hubert Vonhof, Frank P. Wesselingh, R.J.G. Kaandorp, G.R. Davies, J.E. van Hinte, Javier Guerrero, Matti Räsänen, Lidia Romero-Pittman, Alceu Ranzi

Geological Society of America Bulletin · 2003 · 92 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotope compositions of well-preserved mollusks (bivalves) indicate a dominantly freshwater depositional setting for the lower Miocene-upper Miocene Pebas Formation in Western Amazonia. Molluscan

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