Geologicheskii Vestnik

The malacological characteristic of the Middle and Upper Neopleistocene deposits of the Vetlyanka locality (Lower Volga Region) is given in the paper. On the base of lithological and textural features of the sediments, as well as mollusc complexes the palaeoenvironment changed from fluvial (Early Khazar, Singil beds), lacustrine-lagoon (Late Khazar), to marine (Early Khvalyn) conditions.

Magnitogorsk ore field, Tournaisian stage, Famennian stage, Gora Magnitnaya Formation, horizons

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